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 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.
Religious education Changes in Schools
Welsh government are working to change the Welsh School curriculum. They’re consulting till 28th July. Proposed RE changes will have a significant effect on Catholic Schools, forcing them to teach the new Religion, Values and Ethics syllabus as do non-church schools, alongside our own confessional...
BIBLE SOCIETY SUMMER SALE
The Gospels - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Gift Edition is currently half price at £6.50 in the Bible Society Summer Sale, an elegant gift for anyone attending formal services such as confirmations or weddings etc For more information, please search for: NRSV gospels gift edition
Racism
Racism is newly on TCC’s agenda and thus our parish’s agenda. Thanks to those who wrote in with excellent resources on racism, especially teacher Mairead, who says start with a powerful Youtube documentary video at. https://youtu.be/krfcq5pF8u8 Further list of black owned bookshops/publishers etc...
TCC AGM
Last Tuesday four parishioners attended a Zoom AGM with 35 people present representing groups across north East Wales and Rhyl. We celebrated numerous achievement of TCC through the year, the big growth in youth membership, the request from First Minister Mark Drakeford to attend a meeting when...
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
YEAR 6 MASS, TUESDAY 14TH JULY AT 10.30AM
Bishop Peter will be live-streaming Mass for Year 6 on Tuesday 14th July at 10.30am. This Mass can be accessed from the Diocesan website www.rcdwxm.org.uk
The Opening of Churches in Wales
The team has worked hard to prepare St Mary's for opening up. Bishop Peter, given the serious responsibilities we face on people gathering, will come and check that our preparations are on track. If they are, he will issue a certificate and then our church can be opened for one hour daily as a...
Prison volunteers
Sharon Dean is the family support worker at HMP Berwyn where she supports prisoners and threir families, alongside the Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact), a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. They support people to make a fresh start,...
The Post Pandemic Church…
Paralysed or energised, recovered or re-imagined? A mini conference via Zoom is to be held on Saturday 18th July 2020 between 10:30am and 3:30pm. there will be two sessions, 10:30am to 12:00 noon and 2:00pm to 3:30pm Preparing for a new world order, how do we as church move to an alternative model...