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
Please click on the link above to load a document from Bishop Peter
(Document will open in a new tab)
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
Watch Our Young Ones Nurture Nature in the Heart of Our Church

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.
Click on the image below for all details
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.
FOOD HAMPERS
(From project leaders Natasha and Catherine) Just an update on the food hamper project. We delivered our 14th week hamper today and all our families were really pleased and appreciated the delivery. An update on the gentleman who lost his wife to Covid and left 8 little children is now coping...
CAFOD India Coronavirus Appeal
Donations to CAFOD’s Coronavirus Appeal will help Caritas India distribute PPE kits to frontline health workers, promote CovId and vaccine awareness campaigns, and set up safely run isolation and quarantine centres. You can donate online at cafod.org.uk/give or in church this Sunday and Pentecost...
World Communications Day 2021
“Come and See” (Jn 1:46) The theme for the 2021 World Day of Social Communications, chosen by Pope Francis, echoes the words of the Apostle Philip, recognising that authentic communication leads to “encountering people as and where they are”. Taken from the Bible, John 1: 46, the words “Come and...
From Fr Charles…
Parishioner Paul Toal kindly suggested he make a short film, so that I might share with you a bit of what being in St Mary’s and in Rhyl has meant to me over the twenty years (24 years if you include my time as an assistant priest). Since we can't gather, this may be a way for me to say goodbye...
Next Sunday is Pentecost
Pentecost, the culmination of the Easter Season, the Feast of the coming of the Holy Spirit. Pray for those gifts to be deepened in your heart……….. This year, for the nine days between Ascension and Pentecost, the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales is inviting Catholics to pray a novena on...
Old Mobile Phone?
Any old Mobile phones lying around ?? “Spread the love” will take them. They can be recycled instead of dumping more poisonous waste in the earth .
From CAFOD on India
As we all know, India is facing a devastating second wave of Coronavirus, with more than 16 million cases and 200,000 deaths confirmed. Father Paul Moonjely. Executive Director of our partner agency, Caritas India, tells us, “The Church in India has lost many of its faithful laity and religious...
Feast of the Ascension
Thursday, 13th May is the Feast of the Ascension and a Holy Day of Obligation. There will be Vigil Mass at 7.00 pm on Wednesday (when officers of the Knights of St. Columba will be installed) and Mass on Thursday at 11.00 am.
Priestly Moves (from Fr Charles)
Many thanks to parishioners and others who‘ve wished me well over the last week, in regard to moving from Rhyl. After 20 years here it’s a real sadness, a grief, to leave, especially where I’ve worked closely with people. We often underestimate the depth of relationship possible between priest and...
