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.
"Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;let this be known in all the earth." - Isaiah 12:5
Go to the dedicated page for the Lectio Divina group by clicking here Click here for Sunday's (15th December) 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 Sunday 22nd December
@ 7:30pm.
All are welcome to attend.
Please use Rossmore Doors. Click here to goto Taize page
St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal 2024
The local conference gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the sum of €8,084.00 taken at their annual collection last weekend. They also thank most sincerely the parishioners for their generosity at the bi-weekly outside collectionsn
Adoration during Advent: Why not sacrifice some time every Friday between 10.30am and 1pm to pray before the Blessed Eucharist, “The Prince of Peace”,for Peace in the World. Imagine what it would be like if we had continuous Prayer, every Friday, rising to Heaven from our Church, for Peace in the World
LECTIO DIVINA JOURNYING WITH THE WORD OF GOD: As we come to the season of Advent you are invited to join us to grow in uniting ourselves with the Lord by getting to know Him through the practice of Lectio Divina reading and experiencing the Word of God for each Sunday in Advent, as we wait in Joyful Hope for the coming of the Lord. We meet each Thursday at 2.00pm Room 1 in the Parish Centre St. Jude The Apostle Willington. We look forward to seeing you there
Cozy Corner Café:
Please Pre-book Breakfast Brunch Sunday 22nd Dec, 12.30 – 1500. (Tom 083 1838006 ) Open Tuesday – Friday
8.30am – 3.30pm and Saturday - Sunday 9am – 2pm
Closed Mondays. For reservations phone Tom @ 083 1838006
Hospice Light Up A Light – Light Up A Light Cards and Names Taken for the Light Up A Light available in Parish Office
Christmas Carol Services this week end
Friday 13th December at 7pm
CAROLS FOR ALL Rathgar - Terenure Fellowship invite you to ZION Church, Bushy Park Road, Rathgar. Followed by refreshments
Sunday 15th December at 5pm Advent Carol Service in St Pius X Church. A presentation of the Lord's Nativity celebrated in music, carols and pagent with the Parish Music Groups & our young parishioners
Sunday 15th December 7.30pm
Advent Carol Service in St Jude the Apostle's Church. A celebration of the Lord's Nativity in music and carols with the Parish Music Groups
Bambinelli Sunday:
Sunday the third Sunday of Advent is Gaudete Sunday, or Bambinelli Sunday. Gaudete means Rejoice and on this Sunday we rejoice that Christ is coming. A tradition in Rome and now elsewhere in the world is for families to bring the baby Jesus from their family crib to church where they are blessed at Mass. We invite families to bring your baby Jesus figure to Mass next Saturday / Sunday or have it present with you at home for the broadcast Mass to receive the blessing
Focus Ireland wish to thank all the parishioners of St Judes for all their support over the last year and to wish everybody a Very Happy Christmas
CROSSCARE, the social care agency of the Archdiocese, is once again asking for support for their Christmas Food Poverty Appeal
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
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
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
Our Parish Centre Office shop - Mass Cards, Baptismal Candles, Rosary beads, Christmas Cards, Christmas Mass Bouquets, also Charity Packs of Christmas Cards now available. Opening hours same as Parish Office Opening Hours, Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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 ,
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: