St Teresa of the Child Jesus
Catholic Church
Princes Risborough
NOTICES
EXPLORE CATHOLIC THEOLOGY BY DISTANCE LEARNING
Durham University’s Centre for Catholic Studies (CCS) offers flexible Distance Learning programmes in Catholic Theology, designed to fit around work, ministry, family, or other commitments. Options include a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, and MA, as well as single modules such
as Catholic Theology: A Preliminary Tour, and new for 2026/27, Catholic Social Thought and Practice and High Medieval Franciscan Theology. Bursary funding is available for 2026-27. For more information, including videos from current students
and details of bursaries, visit Durham University’s Distance Learning pages, or contact the CCS Manager, Theresa Phillips
at theresa.phillips@durham.ac.uk or 0191 334 3952. https://www.durham.ac.uk
CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES 2025
WEDNESDAY 17th Dec
Reconciliation Service 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 24TH DEC – Vigil Masses
4.00pm – Family Mass
7.30pm – Carols
8pm – Midnight Mass
THURSDAY 25TH DEC
9.30am Christmas Day Mass
GROUP CHURCH CLEANING SESSION
Please consider helping to prepare our beautiful church to celebrate Christmas. We will have a group session of cleaning
on Thursday, 18th December at 10.30am. Even if you are only able to come for ½ an hour, it all helps and the more, the merrier! We look forward to seeing you. Thank you.
ADVENT CAROL SERVICE
St Joseph’s Thame Sunday 14th December at 4.00pm St Joseph’s Church, Brook Lane, Thame, OX92AB. With mince pies and mulled wine in the Hall afterwards. Everyone is welcome..
PROJECT ELF
This year, the parish is supporting Project Elf - a Christmas project run by Pact (Prison Advice Care Trust), the national Catholic charity which supports prisoners and their families. We are taking up a collection of presents for the children of the men at Aylesbury Prison. Gifts will include "funky"/fun socks for boys or girls aged 4 through 16 years old, as well as sweets and choclate slection boxes. Please take a post-it note from the tree in the Narthex (available from Saturday, 21st November) and deliver the present indicated to the box provided. Presents need to be in by the 11th of December at the latest to allow enough time for all gifts to be passed by secruity and for the prisoner fathers to wrap the gift for their child prior to the famiy visit days being held in the prison before Christmas. Please see further informatoin, which will be available in the Narthex. Please be as generous as possible and help give the children and their fathers in prison a Happy Christmas.
ONLINE ADVENT RETREAT:
Online Advent Retreat: Monday 1st Dec, 7.30pm Disrupted by Grace, week 2, Dr Avril Baigent will be joined by Michelle Moran who will continue exploring Jesus' more disreputable ancestors.
Michelle will be unpacking the story of Rahab for us whilst exploring the presence of grace in our lives. Watch week 1's Advent Retreat and register here: https://northamptondiocese.org/grace/
MONEY MATTERS
Please remember that the easiest way to ensure our income covers our costs is to GIFT AID your offertory, if you don’t already do so. It will immediately increase the value of your offertory by 25% at no cost to you, and we can backdate your claim by up to 4 years! Gift Aid forms are in the perspex ‘Money Matters’ leaflet stand on the second
table as you enter the Narthex. Please complete one
and return it to the presbytery.
• If you already make your offertory by standing order or direct debit, please complete the first part of the form.
• If you make your offertory by cash and wish to donate by standing order, please complete both parts of the form
• If you make your offertory by cash and wish to donate by direct debit, please complete the first part of the form. The parish bank account details are Nat West –
sort code 600611 and account number 43714634
• Alternatively, you can use the DONA machine and set up Gift Aid on the machine. If you aren’t sure if you have completed a Gift Aid form in the past, please email :-
parish.stteresapr@northamptondiocese.org , and
we will check our records.
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Donation Giving Methods
St. Teresa’s now has a website for online donations. Please Click on the 'Donate' button at the top of this screen.
You can now also make donations at church using a card payment terminal in the narthex.
Housebound
If you are aware of anyone who is sick or housebound, please let Father Lijo know so that a visit can be arranged and for them to receive Holy Communion, if requested.
Please e-mail (parish.stteresapr@northamptondiocese.org) or leave a message at the Presbytery.
CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS
A reminder that both Christmas and Easter offerings can now be gift-aided. Please use the envelopes that will be provided and complete and return them with your offering at Christmas. It really makes a difference. The gift aid return goes into the Parish accounts.