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.
Knights of St Columba
The Knights of St Columba among other things raise lots of money for good causes. Currently they have looked at the challenges facing Catholic Care Homes across the country and have decided to set-up a “Charity Appeal “campaign for the catholic orders running these homes. (These homes also support...
While we have extra TIME. (by Fr Charles)
We’re Catholics, we’re not only local, we’re global. We can all connect, even in a small way, with some missionary or justice issues round the world, as with Red boxes or CAFOD. After my 10 day visit to Palestine and Israel 10 years ago, a great way for me to stay connected with those amazing...
GOOD NEWS in A BAD TIME
Parishioner Chris Ruane, obviously “seeking God in all things”, found this excellent website with lots of good News. He has agreed to share it. …….. “I found this excellent news site which covers positive news stories from around the world- a back to work programmes in Pakistan involving the...
BAKING COMPETITION
Do remember to pray for staff at Christ the Word Catholic School, also working front-line at the moment, educating vulnerable children and others. They’ve just asked me to judge a baking competition !! Are they mad ? The Head, very kindly, as I’m locked in, says: “We will send you all the photos...
Growing food locally for sharing (update).
We’ve restored our raised vegetable beds in the parish house backyard and also beside the church. All of these have now been planted with potatoes, carrots, broad beans, onions, broccoli and other vegetables. Parishioners (THANKS) have so f far donated seeds, gardening tools, strawberry plants. If...
Together Creating Communities (from Fr Charles )
Remember we challenged MP James Davies on the issue of School Hunger ? Pressure resulted when last February Welsh Government rolled out better school breakfast provision and a holiday food scheme for the coming summer, to all Welsh councils. After the pilot scheme, reports claimed that nearly half...
Parish Finances
Please visit the Finances page for ways to contribute to Parish finances.
The Global Catholic Climate Change Movement
You’re invited to explore this huge worldwide response to Pope Francis’ document LAUDATO SI. It comes highly recommended. From their website:: 16-23 May: Online trainings and workshops will provide an opportunity for us to pray and reflect together as we prepare to take action later in the year....
Requirements regarding attendance at a funeral
The requirements regarding attendance at a funeral have been relaxed. In Wales from April 7 onwards attendance at a funeral will not be restricted to defined close family. Instead, the person/authority responsible for the place where the funeral is held will indicate how many people can safely...