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Welcome Pope Leo XIV |
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Adoration Monday-Friday MorningPlease join us at 8am. Rosary after 10am Mass.
TUESDAY EVENING ADORATION
The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for Adoration from 7pm – 9pm every Tuesday. Please join us.
"The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time that you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in heaven, and will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth." St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) |
TEA & COFFEE IN HALLAfter 11am Sunday Mass at the Parish Hall.
LEGION OF MARYThursday evening 7pm in the Parish Office.
CHOIR PRACTICE
Thursday in the church.
Children's PlaygroupTuesday 9-10.30am Parish Hall.
Bible Study GroupWednesday 7pm.
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WEEKLY SESSION FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA
St. Teresa’s Church, 250 Bishopsford Road, SM5 2BZ will provide a weekly term-time music-based therapeutic activity for people living with dementia. The Tuesday sessions will commence on 3rd June 2025 between 1:30 and 3pm in the Parish Hall with parking available, including for blue badge holders. This service is offered free of charge to attendees and carers and is available to Merton residents on a first-come-first-served basis.
If you would like to attend these sessions, please contact the St.Teresa’s office for more details. Email: [email protected]. Phone: 0208 648 4113.
If you have the time and skills to make a difference with this major cause of our time and community, please contact the Parish Office to volunteer your help … we will guide you through Safeguarding and all other preparation needed.
If you would like to attend these sessions, please contact the St.Teresa’s office for more details. Email: [email protected]. Phone: 0208 648 4113.
If you have the time and skills to make a difference with this major cause of our time and community, please contact the Parish Office to volunteer your help … we will guide you through Safeguarding and all other preparation needed.
Pilgrimage to Pentecost
Pilgrimage to Pentecost is an inspiring course designed to guide participants on a spiritual pilgrimage towards Pentecost. You can join a group in person at one of the "Hub" locations around the Archdiocese or on Zoom; or follow the course on your own at home. Find out more here.
LUNCH FOR SENIORS - Mitcham Toby Carvery
This Tuesday 13th May Canon Michael will be hosting a lunch at the Mitcham Toby for any senior parishioner who wishes to attend. Please put your name on the list in the narthex so we can book the appropriate numbers. Toby Carvery - 54 Commonside West, Mitcham, Greater London, CR4 4HB, Tel: 020 8646 0028. Please arrive at 12.45pm for 1pm Lunch. Please join us on this special Feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
CALLED TO BEAR FRUIT
A direct invitation to you to respond to our Southwark Diocese initiative “Called to Bear Fruit”.
Dear Parish Family,
Thank you for taking the time to read the booklet sent out by Archbishop John. Your engagement with its contents and your thoughtful responses to the questions posed are invaluable. We recognise that your voice and feedback are crucial in shaping the future of our parish and diocese.
We hope you have found our website to be a helpful resource as you navigate the topics discussed in the booklet.
Your insights and reflections are greatly appreciated, and they play an important role in our collective journey as a community of faith.
As we look ahead, we must acknowledge that the coming years will present significant challenges for our diocese.
We face financial difficulties and a shortage of clergy, which require us to adapt and innovate in how we live out our mission.
In these uncertain times, we invite you to join us in prayer for our diocese. Together, let us seek guidance and strength from the Lord as we strive to bear fruit in our ministries and support one another in our faith journeys.
Thank you once again for your commitment and dedication to our parish community. Your participation is vital as we work together to nurture our faith and serve those around us.
With gratitude and hope,
Canon Michael
Dear Parish Family,
Thank you for taking the time to read the booklet sent out by Archbishop John. Your engagement with its contents and your thoughtful responses to the questions posed are invaluable. We recognise that your voice and feedback are crucial in shaping the future of our parish and diocese.
We hope you have found our website to be a helpful resource as you navigate the topics discussed in the booklet.
Your insights and reflections are greatly appreciated, and they play an important role in our collective journey as a community of faith.
As we look ahead, we must acknowledge that the coming years will present significant challenges for our diocese.
We face financial difficulties and a shortage of clergy, which require us to adapt and innovate in how we live out our mission.
In these uncertain times, we invite you to join us in prayer for our diocese. Together, let us seek guidance and strength from the Lord as we strive to bear fruit in our ministries and support one another in our faith journeys.
Thank you once again for your commitment and dedication to our parish community. Your participation is vital as we work together to nurture our faith and serve those around us.
With gratitude and hope,
Canon Michael
Lourdes Pilgrimage
The Catholic Association Pilgrimage are organising a Pilgrimage to Lourdes from 22nd August 2025 to 29th August 2025. For further information, please contact the Group pilgrimage director on email or call 01732 886666, or visit the CA website.
Jubilee Celebration at Aylesford Priory - COACH LEAVING FROM ST TERESA’S
Archbishop John is inviting all of us to the Southwark Archdiocesan Jubilee Celebration at The Friars, Aylesford on Saturday 7 June 2025. It promises to be a great day. Find out more from the poster in the porch or by visiting aec.rcaos.org.uk/jubileecelebration Please sign up to come on our parish coach, leaving St Teresa’s at 8am and returning to St Teresa’s at 7pm (it is also possible to attend by car).
The coach fare to Aylesford is £20.00 per person or per family (Dad, Mum and children). Please ensure payment is made to the Parish office to secure your seat on the coach.
The day will be a great event; with a wide variety of activities to suit all ages and tastes. At this point, with five weeks to go:
The coach fare to Aylesford is £20.00 per person or per family (Dad, Mum and children). Please ensure payment is made to the Parish office to secure your seat on the coach.
The day will be a great event; with a wide variety of activities to suit all ages and tastes. At this point, with five weeks to go:
- Children/youth activity: online pre-booking for 90-minute ministry sessions at the Celebration Day for children (KS1+2) and young people (KS3+4) opens this Monday 5 May at 11 am.
- Stewards: we are in great need of responsible people to volunteer as Stewards at the Jubilee Celebration Day for either the morning or the afternoon. If you can think of any suitable folk in your congregation who might be willing, could you please ask them to contact us at [email protected] to find out more?
SAVE THE DATES - ARCHDIOCESAN JUBILEE CELEBRATION DAY AT THE FRIARS, AYLESFORD 7 JUNE 2025
Led by Archbishop John Wilson, we will gather as an Archdiocese at The Friars, Aylesford for a day of prayer, reflection, celebration, and fun. There will be lots of activities, for children as well as for adults. This will be the centre-piece event of the 2025 Jubilee in the Archdiocese of Southwark. Please save the date and watch for further news of a coach from St Teresa’s to Aylesford. A walking pilgrimage to the Friars will depart from St George’s Cathedral, Southwark (Lambeth Road, SE1 7HY), on Monday 2 June. An information session for interested pilgrims will be held at 7.00pm on Monday 10 March, both online and at Amigo Hall at St George’s Cathedral. You can view the pilgrimage itinerary and register your interest. A walk from St Teresa’s to our local Jubilee Church, Sacred Heart, Wimbledon will take place on Saturday 13th September with all parishes arriving for Mass at 12 midday.
PRIEST TRAINING FUND SECOND COLLECTION – Next week 11th May
The priesthood has always been essential to the life of the Church, from the time of Jesus until today. Good Shepherd Sunday is the day we pray for vocations, for our priests, and take up the Priest Training Fund second collection. This fund pays for the formation of men to become priests in our Archdiocese.
After their ordination, our priests dedicate their lives to serving Christ and His people in our parishes, hospitals, schools, chaplaincies, prisons and in service to the needy, throughout South London, Kent and Surrey. We are blessed to have 9 men in formation to the Priesthood for our Archdiocese. However, it costs £30,000 a year to sponsor each seminarian. They study for 6 years before being ordained a Catholic priest.
We therefore rely on your generous support and prayers. Please support our priests of the future with a gift today.
Thank you!
After their ordination, our priests dedicate their lives to serving Christ and His people in our parishes, hospitals, schools, chaplaincies, prisons and in service to the needy, throughout South London, Kent and Surrey. We are blessed to have 9 men in formation to the Priesthood for our Archdiocese. However, it costs £30,000 a year to sponsor each seminarian. They study for 6 years before being ordained a Catholic priest.
We therefore rely on your generous support and prayers. Please support our priests of the future with a gift today.
Thank you!
- Donate Online: www.rcaos.org.uk/donate/PTF
- Telephone weekdays 9 am – 5 pm: 020 7960 2504
- Cash / Cheque – please use the Priest Training Fund envelopes at the back of church
STAYING IN ST HELIER HOSPITAL
Please remember if you or a member of your family is taken to hospital to ask the ward staff to inform the Roman Catholic Chaplain, Fr. Philip Pak or call him on 07477 545080. If Fr Philip knows you are in the hospital, he will ensure you receive a visit and Holy Communion if required.
Deceased & Sick
Please pray for those who have passed away recently. We also remember those with anniversaries at this time, those on our Parish Sick List and those in care homes, or housebound.
Please hear our prayer for:
Anne-Marie & Fred Mendonça, Moira Macklin, Maureen Flaherty, John McDonagh, Francesco Gargano, Patricia Jayasena, Jean Lue, Ruba Santipillai, Erika Geddes, Denise Waaldjk, Valerie Somerset, Leonard James Connolly, Thea Haddad, Brian Wratten, Ann Van Essen and Jane Turner, Kevin Mooney, John Mooney, Angela Patcheye, Leonard Paice, Michael and Madge Durkan, Jocyln De Silva, Mary Jeanette Connaire, Mary Reilly, Alan O’Leary, Bill and June O’Keefe, Gerry Gillan, Eileen Stevens, Dave Herris, Gabriel Lyons, Tony London, Kevin McKeon, John Antao, Stella Carrasco, Gerald Pereira, Jason Sigalas, Reme Mills, Emilia Koharic, Vince & Edna Horwood, Baby Morse Dannatt, Edna Quigley Horwood, Dora Madisetti, Audra Wamsteker, Baby Jaxon Martin, Tania Awdo, Mary Anton Jeyaseelan, Kacey Logan, Mary Lee, Ian McLeod, Teresa Munn, Armando Ramos, Shirley & Neil Markham and Pope Francis.
If you wish to be prayed for on our Parish Sick List, please let us have your name.
Every First Friday we offer and remember you in Holy Mass. We also keep you in our daily prayer, our times of Adoration, Novenas and the Holy Rosary.
Dear parishioners, please continue to remember the Sick Clergy of the diocese and send out your blessing in prayer to all the Nations of the World, as they do their best to combat the pandemic and natural disasters that many nations are battling with at this time. THANK YOU!
Anne-Marie & Fred Mendonça, Moira Macklin, Maureen Flaherty, John McDonagh, Francesco Gargano, Patricia Jayasena, Jean Lue, Ruba Santipillai, Erika Geddes, Denise Waaldjk, Valerie Somerset, Leonard James Connolly, Thea Haddad, Brian Wratten, Ann Van Essen and Jane Turner, Kevin Mooney, John Mooney, Angela Patcheye, Leonard Paice, Michael and Madge Durkan, Jocyln De Silva, Mary Jeanette Connaire, Mary Reilly, Alan O’Leary, Bill and June O’Keefe, Gerry Gillan, Eileen Stevens, Dave Herris, Gabriel Lyons, Tony London, Kevin McKeon, John Antao, Stella Carrasco, Gerald Pereira, Jason Sigalas, Reme Mills, Emilia Koharic, Vince & Edna Horwood, Baby Morse Dannatt, Edna Quigley Horwood, Dora Madisetti, Audra Wamsteker, Baby Jaxon Martin, Tania Awdo, Mary Anton Jeyaseelan, Kacey Logan, Mary Lee, Ian McLeod, Teresa Munn, Armando Ramos, Shirley & Neil Markham and Pope Francis.
If you wish to be prayed for on our Parish Sick List, please let us have your name.
Every First Friday we offer and remember you in Holy Mass. We also keep you in our daily prayer, our times of Adoration, Novenas and the Holy Rosary.
Dear parishioners, please continue to remember the Sick Clergy of the diocese and send out your blessing in prayer to all the Nations of the World, as they do their best to combat the pandemic and natural disasters that many nations are battling with at this time. THANK YOU!
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE AND RISE IN GLORY
Remember, Lord, those who have died and have gone before us marked with the sign of faith, especially those for whom we now pray:
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Theresa Mason RIP
Elaine Goldson-Rhule RIP Teresa Gomes RIP Patricia Perryman RIP Antonio Costa RIP John Richmond-D’Monte RIP Ann James RIP Anna Maria Reid RIP June Rose O’Bryne RIP Mary Jurkiewisz RIP Sheila Connolly RIP Ezra Halahakone RIP Sylvester Forya RIP Josephine Sheldrick RIP Margaret Leahy RIP Harry Bateman RIP Antonina Urbani RIP John Dias RIP Bella Harding RIP Darren Liddy RIP Irene Clare Matthews RIP Deborah Thorpe RIP Tess Goldband RIP |
Mark Ryan RIP
Anne Dunne RIP Patricia Kiely RIP Lizzie Corcoran RIP Albertas Ambotas RIP Peter Newbold RIP Jeffrey Myles RIP Theresa McGoldrick Pat McManus RIP Daniel Beazley RIP Dominick Kelly RIP Libera Marie Pereppi RIP Christopher Byrne RIP Neville Leonard Patrick RIP Maureen Smith RIP Peter Barry RIP Yana Bartkiv RIP Karl Anthony Lawson RIP Pamela (Kamala) Venkatasami RIP Michael Joseph Kearney RIP Patrick Michael Dillon RIP Julia Gomes RIP |
Southwark Diocese Clergy Deaths
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Deacon William Boyd RIP
Deacon Jim Hayes RIP Fr. Paul Sanders RIP Canon Richard Hearn RIP Fr. Paul Gibbons RIP Fr. Malachy Steenson CP, RIP Fr. Antony Logan RIP Fr. Denis Paul RIP Deacon Alan Bond RIP Bishop Howard Tripp RIP Canon Colm Acton RIP |
Fr. Richard Diala RIP
Fr. Michael Boland RIP Fr. Robert Copsey SOLT RIP Deacon Vincent Bowgett RIP Monsignor Edward Hill RIP Fr. John Hartley RIP Fr. Gordon Thompson RIP Deacon Michael Baldry RIP Deacon Vincent Bowgett RIP Deacon Fred Carter RIP Fr. Kevin St.Aubyn RIP |
May these, whom we have known and loved and all who sleep in the peace of Christ, find in your presence, light, happiness and peace.
Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen
PARISH FINANCE
Sunday Collections and Donations
Last weekend’s Offertory: £833.10.
Second Collect ion St. George's Cathedral: £227.07. Thank you!
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to the many of you who have kindly signed up to standing orders. This is so much appreciated and valued. If you wish to contribute by cheque in lieu of plate collections, this can be sent to the presbytery: St. Teresa’s Church, 250 Bishopsford Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 6BJ. They may be made payable to St. Teresa’s Catholic Church.
Our thanks to the families of Maureen Deb and Theresa Bearn for their generosity and thoughtfulness for the kind donation of £1,000 each in honour of the memory of Maureen and Theresa.
May God bless you and may their souls Rest In Peace and Rise In Glory.
Many thanks to those of you who have so kindly offered to set up standing orders in lieu of our Sunday plate collections. This is a most convenient method of planned giving (for all concerned); already used by so many at Morden – and is vitally important at this time. Regular standing orders can be for any amount, no matter how small – just give what you can afford. Please send a written request via the parish office with contact details.
We will be happy to receive any offerings directly by on-line banking or by standing order, which can be arranged through your bank, or by using the DONATE link here or on the parish website.
Second Collect ion St. George's Cathedral: £227.07. Thank you!
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to the many of you who have kindly signed up to standing orders. This is so much appreciated and valued. If you wish to contribute by cheque in lieu of plate collections, this can be sent to the presbytery: St. Teresa’s Church, 250 Bishopsford Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 6BJ. They may be made payable to St. Teresa’s Catholic Church.
Our thanks to the families of Maureen Deb and Theresa Bearn for their generosity and thoughtfulness for the kind donation of £1,000 each in honour of the memory of Maureen and Theresa.
May God bless you and may their souls Rest In Peace and Rise In Glory.
Many thanks to those of you who have so kindly offered to set up standing orders in lieu of our Sunday plate collections. This is a most convenient method of planned giving (for all concerned); already used by so many at Morden – and is vitally important at this time. Regular standing orders can be for any amount, no matter how small – just give what you can afford. Please send a written request via the parish office with contact details.
We will be happy to receive any offerings directly by on-line banking or by standing order, which can be arranged through your bank, or by using the DONATE link here or on the parish website.
Do You Gift Aid?
The value of your donation can be increased by 25% at no extra cost to yourself, simply by gift aiding it if you are a taxpayer. The parish learns nothing about your private financial affairs. The average weekly collection between plate and standing orders, was approximately £2,400 a week (pre-COVID). If only half of that was GIFT AIDED, it would mean an extra £300 a week, or £15,600 a year to Parish funds. We are genuinely grateful to those who are Gift-Aiding. If you haven’t been doing so, please print off a Gift Aid form from the parish website. At the present time the parish income is down about £5,000 each month. Hopefully, when parish life returns to normal, we will soon see these financial worries and concerns disappear.
Please fill in the new gift aid online form or see the Parish office for a paper copy.
Please fill in the new gift aid online form or see the Parish office for a paper copy.
Thank you
Thank you to everybody who continues to support the parish through the collection, standing orders, gift aid and dropping in contributions. Online donations have seen an increase recently - A big THANK YOU FOR THOSE DONATIONS coming in via our parish website 'JUST GIVING' - Press the button marked DONATE. If you scroll down further, we also say 'Thanks' for your support and other ways you can support our parish. Again, THANK
YOU.
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GIFT AID NOTICE
PLEASE COLLECT YOUR GIFT AID ENVELOPES FROM THE CONTACT CORNER
For those already signed up, Gift Aid Envelopes will be available during this weekend 3/4th April. Please collect your Gift Aid or Standing Order envelopes before or after Mass from the Contact Corner. If you pay tax and would like to join, please have a word with one of the team , it's simple and at no extra cost to you the Church can claim back 25%. See below for more details Do You Gift Aid?
For those already signed up, Gift Aid Envelopes will be available during this weekend 3/4th April. Please collect your Gift Aid or Standing Order envelopes before or after Mass from the Contact Corner. If you pay tax and would like to join, please have a word with one of the team , it's simple and at no extra cost to you the Church can claim back 25%. See below for more details Do You Gift Aid?
CARD READERS
Our new contactless card reader called Payaz is in front of the icon of Padre Pio. Payaz is a gift aid and non-gift aid contactless terminal.
The previous CollecTin is now in the Repository which can accept donations as well as act as a sales terminal.
Sumup for candles is still near the statue of St Teresa in the narthex and can only be used for candles.
The previous CollecTin is now in the Repository which can accept donations as well as act as a sales terminal.
Sumup for candles is still near the statue of St Teresa in the narthex and can only be used for candles.
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QR SCAN POINTS
There is now the opportunity to donate using a QR Scanner on your phone (if you have one installed on Android, or use the Camera app on iPhone). There are a number of Scan points in the church, one by the Statue of the Sacred Heart, by the Exit side door and one on the noticeboard in the porch.
SAFEGUARDING
The parish safeguarding representatives for St Teresa's are listed below. If you have any concerns, please contact one of the team.
Adrian Sherriff - [email protected] - 07960 747946
Linda Sam-Yorke - [email protected] - 07958 694008
Liz Coutinho - [email protected] - 07828 248624
Stephen Smith - [email protected] - 020 8640 6753
Adrian Sherriff - [email protected] - 07960 747946
Linda Sam-Yorke - [email protected] - 07958 694008
Liz Coutinho - [email protected] - 07828 248624
Stephen Smith - [email protected] - 020 8640 6753
Regular Mass Times
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Saturday Vigil Mass |
5.30pm online |
Sunday |
9.00am online 11.00am online |
Monday - Saturday |
10.00am online |
Adoration |
7am online |
How To Find Us
250 Bishopsford Road, Morden, Surrey SM4 6BZ
Tel: 020 8648 4113