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. Brendan Madden 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.
"Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!" - Psalm 146:1
Go to the dedicated page for the Lectio Divina group by clicking here Click here for Sunday's (8th September) 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
Our next Taize Mass is on Sunday 29th September at 7:30pm.
Celebrant TBA. Please use Rossmore Doors.
All are welcome to attend. Click here to goto Taize page
Cosy Corner Café
Re-opening Wednesday 11th September 2024 at 8:30am. we wish them well and look forward to visiting over the coming weeks
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
St Vincent De Paul Collection - The Local Conference will take up its Monthly outdoor collection after all Masses this weekend
READERS WANTED: We are recruiting new readers to join our team. The ministers of the word (readers) in our church are a body of dedicated people, men, women and young persons who volunteer to read at one Sunday Mass per month, or once a week at a weekday Mass. Their contribution to the Mass is immeasurable. It is a privilege to speak God's word to all who attend the Masses in our church. We would welcome anyone who would like to join our Ministry. All that is required is a love of scripture and to be willing to try and impart that love and understanding of same to others in our reading at Mass. If you are interested in joining our group, please contact the Parish Office. Training will be given if required
Crosscare Collection:
This year’s Crosscare Collection will be held at all masses 14th /15th September in place of the usual Share Collection
St Pius Adoration / Benediction: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction next Sunday 15th September in St Pius there will be Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament concluding with Benedictions from 3 - 4 pm
Bayside Alpha are hosting Zoom Bishop Barron’s six week film series “Conversion – Following the Call of Christ” starting Sunday 15th September 7.30pm to 8.30pm. To join email Paul at alphabayside@gmail.com
Knocklyon History Society:Celebrates 50th Anniversary of St. Colmcilles Parish Knocklyon. September Talk - Raising Dublin, Raising Ireland- A Friars Campaigns Wednesday 11th September @ 7.45pm. The Iona Centre Knocklyon beside St Colmcille’s Church
St Pius Scripture Group:The Scripture group resumes after the summer break and will meet this coming Wednesday 11th September at 7.30pm in the St Pius Sacristy. The group meet to discuss the relevance of Scripture for life today - does it nourish - does it have relevance - the group also discuss Gospel narratives and share their insights. If you are interested in exploring Scripture and how it might help you today, please do come along on Wednesday evening. For further information contact Deacon Gerry 086 842 1513. Deacon Gerry wishes to mention that this is not Lectio Divina and you do not have to be an expert, just an interest in learning about Scripture
Journeying with the Sunday Gospels: An Introduction to Lectio Divina with Fr Joe Ralph 0P Commences Saturday 7th September 2024 11am - 12:30pm for five Saturdays in Dominican Retreat Centre Tallaght.
(A Donation of €5 per week is suggested -includes tea/coffee) Click here to view flier1 or here for flier 2
Upcoming Baptism Bookings Dates : If you wish to have your child christened here in St Jude the Apostle's you need to come and request baptism with Fr Brendan you can can email: stjudesparishwillington@gmail.com to request dates and registration form
Sincere thanks to all who continue to support Koins for Kids due to your continued donations this parish has donated the sum of €10,717.85 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
Pilgrimage to San Giovanni Rotondo Padre Pio Feast Day: 20th – 25th Sept 2024. €899pps Single Supplement €250. For more details – Imelda Farrell 087 240 27 56, Full itinerary at WWW.MARIAN.IE
Our Parish shop has a range of Baptism Candles and Gifts, 1st Holy Communion cards, prayer books, rosary book etc. Confirmation cards & gifts plus lots of other books and gifts. Drop in and have a browse, open during Office Opening Hours, Monday, Wednesday and Fridays
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
Bookings for Anniversary Masses etc.
Please note that all Anniversary and Remembrance Masses can be booked through the Parish Office. Opening hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.30am – 12.30pm
Confessions:To receive confession please call into the sacristy after mass. If anyone is housebound and would like confession please contact parish office
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
Mass bookings:
All Mass bookings are now taken in the Parish Office if you wish to book a Mass please call into the parish office, for anniversary Masses please call into the office at least 2-3 weeks prior to anniversary to ensure that the date is available.
Bookings for Anniversary Masses – please note due to the high demand for Masses please book your anniverary mass dates in as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Mass bookings can be made now up to the end of the current year
Cards - Cards for all occasions now available in Parish Office. Also Confirmation cards and religious objects available
Sincere thanks to all who continue to support Koins for Kids due to your continued donations this parish has donated the sum of €10,717.85 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: