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.
Christmas (with COVID) at St Mary’s
Sadly, due to restrictions related to Covid, this year we are able to provide Mass only at 9pm Christmas Eve and 10am Christmas Day. Mass at 5pm would be too crowded. As an alternative for families with children we invite you to drop in to our CHRISTMAS OPEN DAYS on Wed 23rd and 24th December....
Christmas for Homeless people and those in supported Housing
(174 in Denbighshire but most of these in Rhyl) A team including parishioners, secular people, Denbighshire county council homeless unit and the Night Shelter (which has been operating with reduced numbers throughout the pandemic) has been meeting and aims to provide Christmas meals over Christmas...
Advent Services of Reconciliation
will happen on Wednesday, 16th December, at 7.00 pm and Saturday, 19th December, 10.30 am. These will be as brief as possible, with social distancing and immunising in place. Bring warm clothes please..
Catholic Education Service
.The Catholic Education service is asking that people write to their Assembly Members of the Senedd to ask them to halt changes in Religious and Sex Education. If you visit the website link below it will produce a template letter for your MSs. All you need to do is type in your name, address and...
Climate Change
TCC has a group of members researching and campaigning on Climate change , including one of our own parishioners, Brittany Roberts. Brittany also keeps in touch for us with CAFOD and its regional rep, Colette. CAFOD also is working on climate Change. We all need to put pressure on government and...
CAFOD NEWS
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 pandemic...
Advent Services of Reconciliation
will happen on Wednesday, 16th December, at 7.00 pm and Saturday, 16th December, 10.30 am. Each of these will last about 20 minutes
Stay Safe and Stay Warm !!
Bishop Peter has asked clergy to remind parishioners that during the pandemic we are keeping windows open so air can flow and inhibit the spread of Covid 19. But as colder weather approaches, we advise you to attend church in warm clothes.
The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill
currently progressing through the Senedd will have a detrimental impact on Catholic schools and Catholic families across Wales. This Bill seeks to end the rights of parents to withdraw their children from Relationship and Sex Education and Religious Education. This is a vital right for parents,...