The parish of St. Jude replaced their existing church and administrative center with a new structure that better addresses the spatial and liturgical needs of the parish for the 21st century. The new church combines traditional church form with a post-Vatican II seating plan and accommodates 830 congregants. The church’s cruciform plan culminates in a central dome; the amphitheater-style seating forms a dished hemicycle. Similarly, traditional brick-clad sidewalls contrast with fully-glazed end walls, creating a light-filled sanctuary. Continuing this expression of contrasting the traditional with the new, historic stained glass windows were inserted into the glazed end walls and separated by stone-clad piers.

Across from the front of the church, an arcaded office wing connects the north parking area with the spacious and illumined narthex. At the south, a double-lane porte-cochere allows covered vehicular access to the narthex and church. Two shrine rooms flanking the narthex separate the office wing from the church proper. The entire complex fronts the main road and nestles into the hillside below an existing school building. A pylon-style bell tower counter-balances the porte-cochere, and historic statuary marks the central axis of the nave and church.