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.
CAFOD Family Fast Day
CAFOD envelopes for Family Fast Day next Friday, 2nd October, are available for taking away today at both church exits. In accord with the Bishops’ corona virus guidance, you can either: (A) Post these with your donation direct to CAFOD (B) Use the online or text options to donate to CAFOD...
Baptisms
We welcome into our parish community Alannah Mari De Leon, who was baptised last Sunday and Josephine Elizabeth, Megan, Jodie, Vivien, Bernice Johnson, who is to be baptised this Saturday, 2.00 pm. Please pray for them and their parents and god-parents.
Creation Prayer Event outdoors
Invitation from Sr Mary Jo - come to Noddfa in Penmaenmawr (http://www.noddfa.org.uk/) to celebrate the Season of Creation on Tuesday 22 Sept at 2pm. Walk the labyrinths, Cosmic walk, readings from Laudato Si etc.
A Pilgrimage of Reparation and Prayer for the Sanctity of Life. Walsingham,
Next Sunday, 27th September Will take place on YouTube on Walsingham Catholic TV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__0aJG5juz0) or at the Basilica live stream https://www.walsingham.org.uk/livestream/ Devotions will be streamed throughout the day, beginning with the Mass at 12.00. Full details are...
CHILDREN’S LITURGY VIDEOS
Search: Children's liturgy Emily Pearson on YouTube A primary teacher, children's liturgy catechist and mother of 4 children from the Dunkeld Diocese has, since the lockdown started, been creating children's liturgy videos so that children can still have access to the Mass.
‘How to use Facebook’ Workshop
'How to use Facebook' Workshop and 'Cyber Safety Awareness' Workshop. The 'How to use Facebook' workshop is the first session. It will be for those who are new to social media and want to know more about it. There will be a step-by-step guide for how to set up a Facebook account and how to...
From Fr Charles. New ways of being Church.
New ways of being Church. The pandemic is making us explore new possibilities of communicating, especially online. As a priest I’ve had to learn to host Zoom sessions and now am working how to livestream so that people can attend baptisms and funerals etc online. Also the parish team has...
Speaking God’s Word
If you recall, the Bishops of England and Wales announced a theme for this year, SPEAKING GOD’S WORD, to help us focus on exploring the scriptures in more depth. Bishop Peter appointed a team to provide opportunities for this , Carol Bayliss, Carol O’Toole, Edward Dermot Ryan, Rev Steve Davies and...
Thank You…
A big thanks to Rachael Johnson-Roberts and her family and fellow dancers, and to many Rhyl people on Facebook, who collected £600 to help address vandalism damage in the church grounds, leading up to the time Fr Charles was assaulted. This has been received and banked. It will allay costs of...