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
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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
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.
FayreShare Project
A Big Thanks To all who helped with our FayreShare project with the Good News Mission Church through Christmas. A special well done to Catherine and Natasha who do the lion's share of this work and their volunteer helpers at GNM. Thanks to the Albert Gubay Trust who are funding our FoodShare. Also...
Welsh Assembly Education Bill: A Statement by the Catholic Education Service UK
We believe that parents are the primary and principal educators of their children, and that the role of the State, the Churches and other organisations is to support parents in that responsibility, whether by providing schools or otherwise, and not to usurp them. This position is supported by the...
A Christmas Message (from Fr Charles)
Please see this week's bulletin for a Christmas message from wonderful peacemaker, Professor Martin Qumsiyeh, “a bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home,
Christmas at St. Mary’s
We invite families with children to drop in to our CHRISTMAS OPEN DAYS on Wed 23rd and 24th December. Bring the children in to pray around the Christmas Crib. We will provide Christmas music and special family prayers for families to say together - “The family that prays...
First Communion/Confirmation 2020 and 2021
The 2020 group of children completed preparation for their First Reconciliation but have still to celebrate this Sacrament and also begin preparation for First communion. We’ve now arranged for a way to complete the course, partly by Zoom and partly with meetings in small, socially distanced...
Message from Colette (CAFOD Rep)
We are one week away from Christmas and all of us are still in some kind of lockdown situation. What a strange year this has been! I just wanted to send a final message to say a big thank you for all of your parish’s wonderful support and generosity to CAFOD this year. A big thank you to those of...
Changes to National R.E. Curriculum
The Welsh dioceses along with the Catholic Education Service are running a national letter writing campaign against the Welsh Government’s proposed changes to the school curriculum. These changes, if passed, will have a significantly detrimental effect on Catholic schools as well as the...
A Message from Christ the Word School
Update from Mrs Amanda Preston, Head Teacher of Christ the Word Catholic 3-16 School. The term has been challenging but rewarding and the children have been fantastic. Every year group have been raising money/food for their chosen charity. We had KS2 that raised over £1400 for the children’s ward...
CAFOD at Christmas
CAFOD offer a nice online Advent calendar which offers prayers and reflections for each day. Also, don’t forget that CAFOD World Gifts booklets are available at the back of the church. Safe to take as nobody has touched them. They include perfect Christmas gifts to give this year, given...