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.
Growing food locally for sharing.
I’ve engaged some homeless people and others to restore 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. A few other parishioners have also started to...
The Good News Mission
The parish is supporting the Good News Mission in Marsh Rd which, with Hope Church in Colwyn Bay, has set up excellent resources, especially FoodShare, where lots of families contribute a small amount and can then access food donated by local supermarkets or others. We have for some time, with...
Parish Finances: Church Finances, parish, diocesan
To contribute to the weekly offertory or donate, please go to our diocesan website; wrexhamdiocese.org.uk Just enter the amount you wish to give, and then enter the name of the parish you’re giving to. You can pay by paypal or enter your bank details confidentially. Or ring Fr Charles or Gerard...
New Church Lighting
Work on refurbishing the church with a new LED electrical lighting system begins this Monday and will take about 4 weeks. Between this and the Covid 19 virus we will need some adaptation from parish groups and thank you in advance for cooperating with this
24 Hours for the Lord with Bishop Peter
(Sacrament of Reconciliation and prayer) Friday 20th March Colwyn Bay 3pm—5pm Saturday 21st March Denbigh 10am—12noon Pantasaph 9am—11am
Advice from Bishops on the CORONA VIRUS:
For all parishioners The Bishops are advising that parishioners who are most vulnerable (elderly, people with weakened immune systems and long-term conditions like cancer, diabetes and heart disease) refrain from large parish gatherings and stay at home until the virus threat ends. (However,...
Parish Team News
From Fr Charles: If you recall, I appointed a representative parish team over 15 months ago to do two things: 1 Plan a parish renewal process. 2 Establish a parish council. There was unanimous agreement that a parish team working with consensual decision- making might work better than a parish...
17-03-2020: Ministers of Eucharist meeting
There is a Ministers of Eucharist meeting Tuesday evening at 7pm to 8pm in parish house. to discuss Covid 19 virus and other things.
Chaplaincy Team Lecture
Bangor University have Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald coming this year on the 19th March to talk at 7.30pm (Pontio PL2) on the topic of 'Interreligious Dialogue in a changing world: Joys and Challenges'. All welcome