St Teresa of the Child Jesus
Catholic Church
Princes Risborough
NOTICES
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS - POSTPONED
Melissa, from the Romany community, was going to be speaking to us on 12th November. This has now been postponed. A new date will be advertised in due course.
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD
14–17 November 2025 – Theodore House, Stoneyhurst
A three-day retreat led by Fr Roger Dawson, SJ, helping participants find greater attentiveness to God’s presence in their lives through a disciplining of the mind and awareness of the present moment. More information:
https://christianheritagecentre
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Dear all, Christmas cards will be on sale in the Narthex during the weekend of 15th & 16th November after the 6.30pm and 9.30am Masses. Prices for packs of 10 cards range between £4.00 - £5.00.
PARISH CHRISTMAS DRAW:
Donations of attractive and ‘in-date’ seasonal food and drink items suitable for inclusion in the winning Christmas Hampers are welcomed. Please place them in the usual decorated box in the narthex from next weekend. Roman Catholic Church of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus
PARISH CHRISTMAS DRAW Sunday 7th December after Mass.
Draw tickets, raising funds equally for St. Teresa’s Church Development Fund and CAFOD, will be available to take home this weekend. As you leave Mass, please take as many as you can for yourselves and to sell to neighbours, friends and family. Three amazing, luxury Christmas Hampers will be won! Payments, stubs and any unsold tickets can be placed in an envelope and returned up to Sunday 30th November. A box will be available for these in the narthex at the weekend masses. This year, the draw will be made in the Walsingham Hall on Sunday 7th December after Mass, accompanied by Christmas carols with the choir, coffee, tea and mince pies. so please mark the date and come along for some festive cheer! With a home-bake cake stall of Christmas delicacies to take home, please put the date in your diary.
FORMATION FOR PASTORAL COUNCILS
The Vicariate for Pastoral Development has joined with the Archdiocese of Liverpool and the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle to offer a series of webinars to support the development of active and flourishing pastoral councils. Topics covered include prayer in meetings, roles and recruitment, changing the culture, dealing with conflict, and letting the Holy
Spirit lead. The next in the series, Keeping Meetings Spiritual, will be led by Fr Shaun O’Neill on Tuesday 11th November 7-8pm. Register here:- https://www.tickettailor.com/events/northamptondiocese/1861328
The first, Why Parish Councils Matter with our very own Avril Baigent, is available to watch here:-
https://northamptondiocese.org/formation-forpastoral-
councils/.
NOVEMBER PRAYERS FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED:
November is the Month of All Souls, and we pray especially for our departed family and friends. If you would like your loved ones to be remembered during the November Masses, please place their names in an envelope and leave it in the basket at the foot of the Altar. The basket will remain in front of the altar throughout November.
SING THE SEASON – ADVENT 2025
All cantors, choir leaders, singers, and musicians are warmly invited to “Sing the Season – Advent 2025,” part of a new series of uplifting events from the Diocesan Music Liturgy Team. Join us on Saturday, 22nd November, 11am–4pm (optional Parish Mass at 10am) at Our Lady Help of Christians & St Lawrence
Church, Olney (MK46 5HH) for a day of seasonal music, new psalm settings, and fresh ideas to enrich Advent liturgies. Bring your instruments, voices, and a packed lunch — tea and coffee will be provided. The event is free of charge, though a £5 donation is
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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.