St John's Parish Falls Road

10/06/2026

12 NOON MASS 10TH June 2026 10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

09/06/2026

6pm Mass 9th June 2026 Feast of St Columba

09/06/2026

Come and join in prayers for peace - 6pm Mass in St John's tonight followed by Adoration until 7.30pm. Everyone welcome

09/06/2026

There is a better way! Why not join tonight with others who will be praying for peace on our streets Forthspring Intercommunity Group

Forthspring unequivocally condemns the protests and threats currently being organised across our communities.

There is a difference between protest and the deliberate inflaming of fear, intimidation, and racism. Language encouraging people to “prepare to fight”, targeting vulnerable communities, threatening violence to people recording the protest, and spreading panic
online is not civic leadership. It is dangerous.

For decades, our centre has stood on the interface as a space of welcome, courage, and human dignity. We refuse to walk backwards toward that darkness again.

We stand in solidarity with everyone feeling frightened, targeted, or isolated tonight — particularly newcomer communities, minority ethnic families, and young people absorbing this atmosphere of hostility and fear.

Our response is rooted in nonviolence. Not passive silence. Not neutrality in the face of hatred. But the active, courageous refusal to dehumanise one another. Nonviolence means choosing to protect life over ego, relationship over rumour, and dignity over domination. It means believing that communities are strengthened not through fear, but through compassion, truth, and shared humanity.

Peace is not passive. Peace is the daily decision to protect one another’s humanity.

So we call on people to:
• reject rumours and inflammatory rhetoric
• refuse racism and scapegoating
• challenge hatred wherever it appears
• choose calm and compassion over intimidation
• stand together in defence of every person’s dignity and safety

Tonight, our doors remain open after 5.30pm not because we are naïve about the tensions that exist, but because we believe community must always be stronger than division.

From 6pm, there will be a community wide prayer vigil in the centre for peace on our streets. All are welcome to join us in prayer and solidarity.

08/06/2026

21.00 Compline Evening Prayer 8th June 2026

07/06/2026

A wonderful evening in the Parish Hall last night celebrating our volunteers as part of Volunteer Week. Beautiful food and drinks, great conversation, then a presentation to Paddy our sacristan on her retirement followed by a quiz over tea and traybakes. The quiz really brought out the competitive side of some people as our six teams - The Songbirds, Four chicks and a Rooster, the Holy Joes, Brownie Delights, Paddy’s Angels and Gilbert’s Warriors - battled it out. It was a close call but congratulations to Paddy’s Angels on winning the table quiz. Great craic altogether.

07/06/2026

12 Noon Mass 7th June 2026 Feast of Corpus Christi First Holy Communion St Kevin's PS

06/06/2026

6 pm Vigil Mass 6th June 2026 : The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ : 9th Week in Ordinary Time

05/06/2026

10 a.m Mass 5th June 2026 9th Week in Ordinary Time

04/06/2026

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