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.
"The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens." - Psalm 113:4
Go to the dedicated page for the Lectio Divina group by clicking here Click here for Sunday's (20th October) 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 Sunday 20th October @ 7:30pm.
Celebrant Bishop Eamon Walsh. Please use Rossmore Doors.
All are welcome to attend. Click here to goto Taize page
Road Restrictions:Next Sunday 27th October-The Dublin City Marathon takes place. Please be aware that there will be road restrictions in place on Fortfield Road and other roads inthe area. Plan your route and allow time to get there
A big thank you to all those who supported my Coffee Morning to support The Alzheimers Society of Ireland in Curlew Road Day Centre on October 12th. €865 was raised and Curlew Road Day Centre are very thankful
World Mission Sunday
This Mission Sunday we welcome Fr Diarmuid Sheehan (White Fathers) who will celebrate Mass with us on Saturday evening at 7pm and Sunday at 11.30am. We also welcome Bishop Serverus Jjumba, of the Diocese of Masaka, Uganda who will celebrate the 10am Mass in St Judes. World Mission Sunday is the Holy Father’s annual appeal for spiritual and financial support so that the life-giving work of overseas mission and missionaries can continue. It takes place in every parish worldwide where the Church is present. The theme for this year’s celebration of Mission Sunday is: “Go and Invite Everyone to the Banquet” (Mt 22:9). reflecting the inclusive and urgent call to bring God’s love to everyone
Second Collection: The Mission Sunday appeal is the 2nd collection at all Masses this weekend and replaces the Share collection. Mission Appeal envelopes are available in the porches for anyone who may wish to make a donation later in the week
Cozy Corner Café: Open Tuesday – Friday
8.30am – 3.30pm and Saturday - Sunday 9am – 2pm
Closed Mondays For reservations phone Tom @ 086 7776 915
Parish Centre Shop Sale: We are having a clear-out sale in our parish shop (Parish Centre) over the next few weeks. Everything 50% OFF Gifts for all occasions (See Paddy, Cash Only Please). Opening hours same as Parish Office
Sing Ireland Gabriel Faure REQUIEM Sunday 10th November Kimmage Manor Church 7pm (duration 40mins). Click here for more information
Information meetings for parents/guardians of children preparing for the Sacraments in 2025 Sacrament of Confirmation:Tuesday 22nd October at 7.30pm in St Pius X Church First Penance and First Holy Communion: Wednesday 23rd October at 7.30pm in St Jude the Apostle Church
Please note the venues for each meeting, as the meetings are for parents/guardians of children from St Pius X BNS & GNS, Bishop Galvin & Bishop Shanahan schools
Alter List of the Dead The 2024 November Altar List of the Dead Envelopes are available in the porches of the church. The souls of all who are named on the Parish Altar List of the Dead are remembered at all Masses in November and on the First Friday of each month throughout the year
St Vincent De Paul thank everybody for their generous contributions amount €1780.00
The Synod on Synodality Year 2, which is being held in Rome, started this week and will continue until the 27th October. It represents the next stage in the process of listening and discerning what God wants from us, His People, in the world of today. The Instrumentum Laboris (the working document, which is available at www.synod.va), for the second session of the Synod, has as its focus the ‘how’ of ‘becoming a missionary synodal Church’. It will be the task of the Synod to outline how we are to become a truly missionary people. Each week during the month of October a Synodal Newsletter, prepared by the Archdiocesan Synod Animation Team will be prepared and made available for parishioners. Copies of the weekly newsletter are available in the church porches and can also be accessed on our parish website by clicking 1st week here, 2nd week here or 3rd week here
Faith Talks Kimmage Manor Parish Hall at 7.30pm
Development of Faith in our Parish Partnership continues this week in Kimmage Manor Parish Hall Wed 23rd October at 7.30pm. Fr Vincent McDevitt CSSp will give an update on the Synodal Process.
All are very welcome
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
Youth Cafe for teenagers starting soon at St Pius X Church in St Mary’s room after the 7pm Mass and run until 9pm see more details by click here
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
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
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
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
Dear Parishioner ,
St Vincent De Paul thank everybody for their generous contributions amount €1780.00
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: