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.
From Fr Charles: Fundraising
Parishioners who help with fundraising for the parish, for example, the Summer and Christmas Fayres have been discussing a change of direction over a long period. Contributions of sales items for the Fayres, and participation, have dropped significantly over recent years, as has the income. The...
Parish Listening Newsletter
Father Charles and the Parish Team are overseeing work to build a stronger church community and Parish renewal. This involves: PARISH LISTENING bringing the church community together. establishing dialogue between Parishioners. building stronger parishioner involvement. building stronger community...
November, Month of the Holy Souls
Friday, 1st November, is the Feast of All Saints, and a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass is at 9.30 am as normal, and there is a Vigil Mass at 6.30 pm on Thursday. Mass for the Feast of All Souls will be on Sunday, 3rd. See the list of Deceased Members of the Parish which will be posted at the back of...
Boys Group
We run a boys group on Wednesdays from 4.30 – 6.30pm in St Marys presbytery. There are discussions on a range of different topics. We provide deep listening for the boys in a space where they feel safe to express themselves. We look to encourage and help boys aged between 11 -16 develop their...
Parish Listening
We will be starting a Parish Listening process shortly. There will be lots of conversations taking place in small groups and one to one. We will be looking to explore parishioners ideas, thoughts, issues and feelings on how we might become stronger as a parish community, and what the future might...
#for sama – A Film about Syria
A film called #forSama will be broadcast on channel 4in the UK on Sat 26th October at 9.00 pm. Please tune in. Intimately personal and powerfully universal, this brutal, honest documentaryis a painful but important to watch account of life during the Syrian war. Christ the Word school has children...
Diploma in Pastoral ministry and Leadership
The Archdiocese of Liverpool and the Diocese of Salford offer a diploma in Pastoral Ministry and Leadership in partnership with Loyola University Chicago Institute of Pastoral Studiesand in association with Liverpool hope University. See our noticeboard for details of this, mainly online, course....
Parish Renewal
Through the parish team, helped by Rob Walsh who is engaged by us to help facilitate the renewal process, we met last week with a Denbighshire county councillor and a Rhyl town councillor with planning experience to talk about the parish building program. They were most supportive and positive,...
Reflection on the Word
The next meeting is on Sun 27th Octobe rat 3.00 pm in the presbytery.