Gracious God, your
Son Jesus Christ
gave us the confidence
to call you Father. We believe you care for
us. We believe also
in the communion
of saints. With
confidence we ask
St. Jude, patron of
difficult cases, to pray
with us, for our
special intentions....
Thank you, God,
for hearing our prayer.
Dear Parishioner ,
Welcome to our parish website and if you are new to the area, welcome to our parish. You may come from further afield and simply want to know something about St. Jude the Apostle Parish – I hope that your visit will transform distance into friendship.
Our parishioners come from all over Ireland and beyond. We are comprised of young and not so young, working and retired people and children growing up who share a common love of God and each other. Please browse our site and feel welcome to drop into our beautiful church at any time to say a prayer or light a candle or join our parish family for Mass.
You can also tune in and watch our ceremonies live through the magic of the internet, which when you think of it is really what a parish is all about. A group of individuals combining talents and knowledge for the greater good and as the Jesuits would say, the Glory of God.
With best wishes:Fr. P.P.
This parish (RCN:20016166) is made up of over 2,500 homes from the estates of Orwell Park, Willington, Wellington Road, Cypress Downs, Glendown, Rossmore, Templeogue Wood, Templeogue Lodge, Rushbrook, Kennington, Wilderwood, Osprey, Kilvere and Domville.
Now that we have established our new "Web Presence", we are planning for the consolidation and expansion of the site in 2011. We are looking for people to join our Website team.
Not sure if you can help? Can you take a picture? Can you write some content? Can you make videos? Have you any ideas on how to make the site better? Yes? You are excactly the person we are looking for. Everyone can bring value to this site!!
If you would like to help or even to come along to see what we are planing, please leave your name and contact details into the parish office.
"Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!" - Psalm 195:2
Go to the dedicated page for the Lectio Divina group by clicking here Click here for Sunday's (19th January) Lectio Reflection or
Click here to goto the Lectio Reflection archive
Click here for this week's newsletter or Click here to go to the newsletter archive
Next Taize Mass 26th January 2025.
Celebrant TBC. All are welcome to attend.
Please use Rossmore Doors. Click here to goto Taize page
Online Enrolment for the Sacrament of First Holy Communion 2025
Bishop Shanahan N. S. Teachers (Mrs McFadden / Ms Brereton / Ms Young / Ms Dunn)
Parents of 2nd class children are invited to enrol them for the Sacraments of First Holy Communion to be celebrated in May this year. The online enrolment can be completed by clicking here or through the link below. We would kindly ask parents to complete the enrolment by Friday 7th February. This will enable the parish to keep parents informed about any developments in the preparation for the Sacrament. Our Family Mass on the second Saturday of each month is a central element of your child’s preparation for the Sacrament and therefore can we ask you to please make the effort to attend each month.
Link for registration for Communion https://forms.gle/kWiJ1DhKb5AtudSv7 Please Note: You will also need to drop a copy of your child’s Baptism Cert into the Parish Office (Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.30 - 12.30.) Certs are available from the church where your child was baptised
Online Enrolment for the Sacrament Confirmations 2025:
Bishop Galvin N. S. Teachers (Ms Foley / Ms Creaven / Ms Duignan / Mr Geraghty / Ms Tunney)
Parents of 6th class children are invited to enrol them for the Sacraments of Confirmation to be celebrated in May this year. The online enrolment can be completed by clicking here or through the link below. We would kindly ask parents to complete the enrolment by Friday 7th February.
This will enable the parish to keep parents informed about any developments in the preparation for the Sacrament. Our Family Mass on the second Saturday of each month is a central element of your child’s preparation for the Sacrament and therefore can we ask you to please make the effort to attend each month.
Link for registration for Confirmation https://forms.gle/MM9jfzZdycgeX1bp9 Please Note: You will also need to drop a copy of your child’s Baptism Cert into the Parish Office (Monday, Wednesday and Fri day 9.30 - 12.30.) Certs are available from the church where your child was baptised
Catholic Schools week 19th - 25th January 2025 The theme for 2025 is ‘Alive in Christ!’
Pastoral Centre Room 1 is available to book. See Paddy in Parish Office
St Vincent De Paul Society. The Local Conference gratefully acknowledge the sum of €1375 taken up at last weekend’s outdoor collection. They also acknowledge €1955 donated over the Christmas period. Thank You
St Jude the Apostle 50th Celebrations: - In 2025 it will be 50 years since the parish of St Jude the Apostle became a parish. Our Church was opened on the 7 December 1975. We are looking for volunteers to help us celebrate this occasion. Volunteers from our fellow parishioners in St Pius X very welcome. Anyone who would be willing to serve on a committee to plan and organise events should contact either: the parish office, a member of the Parish Council, Tommy Hartnett or Liam Dolan.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025 - Rathgar Terenure Fellowship: You are warmly invited to a service on Sunday 19th January at 3pm. This year’s host is Churchtown Quaker Meeting House 82 Churchtown Road Lower, Dublin 14, D14 F620
Child Protection Information Sessions for Volunteers:To comply with Diocesan Policy, all Parish Volunteers must attend an Information Session every three years. All those currently in ministry are asked to please take advantage of the coming dates in order to comply with this requirement. All Dates / Venues & Times of Sessions
February 5th Sandyford Parish Centre 7pm, February 12th Mt Argus Parish at 7.30pm
February 13th Newtownpark Church 7pm, February 18th Donaghmeade 7.30pm
March 11th Navan Road Parish 7pm, March 12th Johnstown Parish 7pm
Volunteers will be asked to sign in at the sessions so that all parishes can be advised who has attended from their parish
Bookings for Anniversary Masses etc. Please note that all anniversary and remembrance masses can be booked through the Parish Office. Opening hours Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9.30am – 12.30pm
Cozy Corner Café:
Opening Times
Monday - Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm / Saturday 10am - 4pm For reservations phone Tom @ 083 1838006
Parish Centre Shop: Mass Cards, Baptismal Candles, Rosary beads, Opening hours same as Parish Office (above). Gift shop is now closed. However there are still a small selection of items available in Parish Office
First Communion 2025:
Bishop Shanahan National School Wednesday 21st May A2/A3 (Mrs McFadden / Ms Brereton),
Thursday 22nd May Rooms 6/7 (Ms Young / Ms Dunn)
Confirmations 2025:
Bishop Galvin National School Wednesday 28th May (Ms Foley / Ms Creaven),
Thursday 29th May (Ms Duignan / Mr Geraghty, Ms Tunney)
Toddlers World A fun interactive music class, suitable from 4 months to 4 years and beyond. Monday, Thursday & Friday in St. Judes Pastoral Centre 9.45am – 11am. Contact Amanda 086 1700806 to book
Thursdays in St. Jude the Apostle's: At 09:30 we pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary, especially for our priests. We say a Vocation prayer for young men and women that they might hear and answer the call to Priesthood and Religious Life. The Eucharist is then available. See leaflet at back of church
Sincere thanks to all who continue to support Koins for Kids due to your continued donations this parish has donated the sum of €12,000 plus lots of non euro coins and notes. No donation is too small so if you have any small change or foreign currency lying around drop them into parish office and we will pass on to Koins for Kids whose aim it is to raise 1 million euro to fund a paediatric MRI scanner for new Childrens hospital. So far amount raised is in excess of €500,000. St Jude The Apostle's are the leading donor so keep up the good work and dig out all those old coins or small euro coins every little helps.
Please help them if you can. Check them out on www.koinsforkids.ie
Funeral Mass will take place on Monday and Wednesday at 10:00am and Baptisms will be on the 3rd Sunday of the Month at 1pm. Click here for more details
Bethany Bereavement Support: We can offer the support of a trained listener in a safe, free, supportive place to journey with you through your grief. To speak with a volunteer please contact: tel 087 990 5299 Email: bethanybereavement1982@gmail.com
Standing Orders – increasing amounts – Some of you have increased the amount you were donating or started new standing order but we are struggling to identify where some of the amounts are coming in from as you have not put your name in correct field. If you have increased or started a new standing order since January you might send me an email with the new amount and your name so we can allocate the correct amounts. Sincere thanks to all who continue to support the parish with your standing orders it is a great help to the upkeep of the parish and in claiming the tax back on your donations stjudesparishwillington@gmail.com
Jigsaw Offering younger people going through a hard time, or for those worried about a young person in your life. www.jigsaw.ie
Request for copies of Baptism, Confirmation Certificates and Letters of Freedom from 1st June in order to comply with the new GDPR requlations we are required by law to ask the person for whom the certificate relates to to request copy themselves accompanied by photo id so the easiest way is to email request to stjudesparishwillington@gmail.com and attach photo id otherwise we will have to give them a request form for you to sign and bring it back with photo id if you are asking someone to pick up certificates they must have photo id of their own as well before we can hand out paperwork
Dear Parishioner ,
Sincere thanks to all who continue to support Koins for Kids due to your continued donations this parish has donated the sum of €12,000 plus lots of non euro coins and notes. No donation is too small so if you have any small change or foreign currency lying around drop them into parish office and we will pass on to Koins for Kids whose aim it is to raise 1 million euro to fund a paediatric MRI scanner for new Childrens hospital. So far amount raised is in excess of €500,000. St Jude The Apostle's are the leading donor so keep up the good work and dig out all those old coins or small euro coins every little helps.
Please help them if you can. Check them out on 
Bethany Bereavement Support: We can offer the support of a trained listener in a safe, free, supportive place to journey with you through your grief. To speak with a volunteer please contact: tel 087 990 5299 Email: