29th Sunday of the Year
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
25th October 2026
First Reading Exodus 22:20-26
Psalm Psalms 18:2-4, 47, 51
Second Reading 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10
Gospel Matthew 22:34-40
Into the Future 2026 – Diocese of Wrexham
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please ring 01745 353395 or email priestrhyl@rcdwxm.org.uk
Contact address is: St Mary’s Church, 119 Wellington Road, Rhyl, LL18 1LE
Mass Times: Saturday : 5.00 pm
Sunday : 10.00 am
A message from Fr Anthony
Welcome ( Croeso)
to our parish website here at Our Lady of Assumption (St. Mary’s) Church Rhyl. A parish in the Catholic Diocese of Wrexham, North Wales. We hope that you will find it useful and enjoy these pages giving a snapshot of a vibrant and active Catholic parish in North Wales. The Parishioners of this Parish come from 43 diverse nationalities all over the world. You are most welcome to visit and be part of the worshipping community.
God bless you.
Father Anthony, MSP.
Contacting us:
Fr. Anthony Nnamah, MSP
Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church,
119 Wellington Road,
Rhyl – Denbighshire.
LL18 1LE
Email: priestrhyl@rcdwxm.org.uk
Phone:01745 353 395.
Below are some photographs from Fr Anthony’s Induction ceremony. Click on a photo to show a larger image
Fr. Anthony with Mayor of Rhyl
Christ the Word Catholic School at the Induction of Fr. Anthony
Some of the Priests at Induction of Fr. Anthony
Sanctuary
Sanctuary Side View
North Wales African Catholics
Knights of St. Columba
Induction of Fr. Anthony as Parish Priest
Fr. Anthony
Fr. Anthony with some of the dignitaries at the Induction
Watch Our Young Ones Nurture Nature in the Heart of Our Church
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ST MARY’S on FACEBOOK
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Facebook Page: St Marys Parish Community Rhyl
Instruction and help on accessing the Facebook page can be found in the Parish Bulletin for
7th February 2021
Our Facebook page is now offering a series of group meetings, on prayer, faith sharing, cooking and recipes and purely social — i.e. to meet up and chat.
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The very latest news items are listed here. They appear in date occurence order. For all news items, visit our NEWS PAGE. To add an item to the News page, please send us a message containing all the relevant details. Please also contact us as soon as possible if any of the details are incorrect, or feel free to leave a comment below the item.
27-09-2019: Climate change talk – Llay
The Newman Association invite anybody interested: Fri 27th September. Venue: St Francis of Assisi, Llay at 7.30 In the light of Pope Francis’ warnings in Laudato Si and of CAFOD’s ongoing campaign and petition our topic is: Professor of Physical Oceanography at the School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor...
10-09-2019: CAFOD Harvest Planning
There will be a meeting at St Peter and St Frances parish hall, Prestatyn, 10th Sept from 7pm to 9pm.
Dementia Aware Rhyl
Denbighshire County Council are holding an afternoon workshop on Thursday 22nd August in the Little Theatre. There will be information about dementia and about what’s happening in Rhyl. There will also be time to share ideas about how to spread awareness and how to provide supports for people and...
That Time of Year…
This is the time of the year when there’s so much coming and going, with people away for a few weeks on holiday and visitors from outside who are staying here with family and friends. Make sure you keep an eye out, especially for the elderly and those who live alone. If you normally see someone in...
Situations Vacant
This is a great parish for people helping in various ways. Thanks to all. But we currently need: 1 Welcomers (friendly disposition req’d) to welcome people attending Mass Sunday. 2 Readers at Mass 3 People to help with bereavement. Ie befriending, and/ or helping prepare services. 4 Parish Website...
Creation Masses
When we met with MP (and parishioner) Chris Ruane at Westminster during the CAFOD climate change lobby of MP’s we resolved on a number of actions. One of these, as requested by CAFOD, was to organise a Creation Mass. Pope Francis has designated September as Creation Month in the Catholic church...
School Uniform Recycling
We have a big problem with the new school in finding money for uniforms for those who cant afford these, as there are no hand-me-downs. If you can help let us know. On the other hand the Denbighshire County/ Citizen’s Advice bureau School Uniform Recycling scheme is a big success, saving some...
Climate Change Lobby in the Houses of Parliament
About thirty people from north Wales parishes went by coach last Thursday to the big multi-faith rally in London as CAFOD supporters, led by Colette our CAFOD coordinator. A long but excellent day took place. On the bus we prayed and reflected but also a ball of wool was thrown round and each...
SCRIPTURE CHAMPION
Dcn Steve Davies has kindly agreed to be the Scripture Champion for the Diocese for the 2020 God who Speaks project. The role of the Scripture Champion(s) in each diocese is principally that of coordinating the activities across the Diocese and being a channel of communication of diocesan and...