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.
TCC and Housing Issues
TCC is currently exploring housing issues. A variety of groups and issues have emerged from different areas across Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire. Rhyl has a number of housing problems—really a key issue for the town. A ZOOM housing forum group will meet on Monday 14th September at 4pm. If...
Welsh Mass via Zoom
If there is anyone who would wish to receive weekly the link and passcode for Mass zoomed in Welsh on Sundays at 11 am, celebrated by Bishop Emeritus Edwin Regan, please contact Ron Keating, co-ordinator of y Cylch Catholig, at rmkeating@hotmail.com
Visitors to St Mary’s Sunday Mass
Numbers attending Saturday 5pm Mass have reached 35. On Sunday the figure has reached 54, with an implication of Covid overcrowding. Our volunteers team are looking at this and will organise accordingly. In the meantime, if visitors from other parishes need to attend we ask them to choose Saturday...
Groups meeting in church or parish house
Welsh Government are now saying that ……“it is permitted to gather (in a Covidsecuremanner) in a centre to work or provide voluntary or charitable services .” All our groups come under this voluntary or charitable services heading. Many are asking for permission to start meeting again. The parish...
Are you or your group storing anything in Church?
Any groups who store items in the church store rooms or outside in the sheds are asked to notify Fr Charles as soon as possible of items they need to secure, as we need to fill yet another skip with unwanted materials and don’t want to dump the wrong items ?
A big Thank You to Stephen McGuinness,
Stephen is the electrician who installed our wonderful and complex lighting system, designed by Paul Janvier (thanks also to Paul) Paul highly commended Stephen’s craftsmanship and high standards.
Speaking God’s Word
Have you remembered this is the Year of God’s Word ? We Catholics are trying to make friends with the bible ? Here’s one possibility. If you can choose a scripture reading that has meant something in your life. Maybe a reading that has helped you in a crisis or sent you down a good pathway, then...
“Trials and Gifts” St. Beuno’s Outreach Team
St Beuno’s Outreach Team invite you to…. “Trials and Gifts” God with us on our journey. A Day of Prayer by Zoom for all Prego Groups Saturday 26th September 2020 10.30am to 4pm
Pray for an end to abortion and euthanasia
On Friday 14th August please pray and fast for the end of abortion and euthanasia.Your prayer and fasting is urgently needed.For information on the days of Prayer and Fasting contact; The Good Counsel Network on 020 7723 1740.