Four hundred and fifty families from Laluketh, Bara Maidan, Golimar, Peerabad, Siraj Colony and Jalalabad were included in the parish.
[5] On the evening of March 25, 2004, a crude incendiary device was lobbed into St. Dominic's Church in the congested Bara Maidan area of the parish.
[9] The St. Jude's complex includes a parish house (presbetery), a Catholic high school[10] and the St. Pius X Minor Seminary.
A team of six teachers hold two-hour evening classes during the week, preparing under-privileged students for ninth- and 10th grade exams while charging just 400 rupees (US$5) a month for the service.
St. Jude’s Parish was selected to promote the kitchen gardening program at the household level ensuring the availability of fresh vegetables to families.
[14] In line with Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical, the students of the parish in August 2015, planted more than one thousand seeds of various trees, including Neem, Peepal, Siris and Conocarpus.
Soares hosted an iftar dinner for nearly two dozen Muslim Imams of different mosques and local leaders of several religious and political groups, to celebrate the holy month of Ramazan.