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 read this if you can as there will be meetings around it in the next few weeks
For all bookings or enquiries on Funerals, Baptisms, Confessions and Annointing of the Sick,
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
Connect, communicate, and help build an even stronger St Mary’s community!
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.
Columbian Missionaries
Priests of the Columbian Missionaries will come to our Parish for Appeal on the weekend of 6/7th April 2024.
Fr. Shaji – Memorial Mass
The one year memorial Mass for Fr. Shaji will be at the Vincentian Divine Retreat Centre at Pantasaph on Sunday 7th April at 4.00pm. All are invited.
Easter Food Blessing
All those who wish their Easter Food items to be blessed should place them in front of the Altar on Saturday night and Sunday morning before the Holy Mass.
Good Friday
We shall start the Good Friday ceremony with the Stations of the Cross at 2.30 p.m., followed by the Veneration of the Cross at 3.00 p.m.
Maundy Thursday
On this day, we shall resume the distribution of the Holy Communion under both species. Catholicism teaches that Christ is sacramentally and equally present under each species, and therefore if a person receives only one species, Christ is fully present and nothing is lacking.
Chrism Mass.
Bishop Peter will celebrate the Chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, Wrexham on Wednesday, 27th March at 7.00 p.m. Parishioners are encouraged to attend the celebration.
Church cleaning for Easter
There will be a general cleaning of the Church in preparation for Easter on Tuesday, 19th March after the morning Mass at 11.30 a.m. Volunteers needed.
School Mass in the Church
Christ the Word Catholic School Children will be here for a special Holy Mass on Wednesday, 20th March at 11.00 a.m. All welcome.
Holy Communion
We shall resume the distribution of the Holy Communion under both species as from Holy Thursday.