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.
Food Bank Low
The Foryd Centre food bank is very low and hungry people are being turned away. If lots of us could remember, on Sundays, to bring in a small item or twofrom our shopping it would really help. Many thanks to all who already do this.
Defibrillator for New School
On Thursday the Knights of St Columba presented a chque for £1000 to Christ the Word School for a defibrillator. We would like to thank all who contributedthrough personal donation or through the KSC raffles after mass.
Saint John Henry Newman
Today Pope Francis will declare Blessed John Henry Newman a saint of the Church. Cardinal Newman was a great scholar but also a great pastor. He brought his many and varied gifts to the service of the Church in this country – first to the Church of England, and then to the Roman Catholic Church....
SICK CLERGY
Please keep in your prayers all our retired Clergy especially Fr Tony Jones, Fr Frank Gormley OMI, Mgr James Fealey and Fr Paschal Dormer, also Fr Ian Dalgleish, Fr Edward Sopala and Paul Booth, and all those and their families who are ill at this time or recovering from illness.
Annual Mass Count
The annual mass count starts this week and will continue throughout the month.
Baptism Preparation
For anyone currently wishing to have their child baptised, October preparation sessions are about to begin. Please contact Sheila Johnson on 354311 to arrange.
Afternoon Tea in Church Centre.
On Saturday 26th Oct at 2.00 pm Tickets £8 at the back of the church after Mass and from Maria Howes or Ellen Aspinall. Proceedings for church building fund
October: Month of the Holy Rosary
The U.C.M. will be saying the Rosary on Thursday evenings, 7.30 pm throughout the month as follows: Thursday, 3rd Jean Taggart’s house Thursday, 10th UCM meeting Thursday, 17th Ellen Aspinall’s Thursday, 24th Sandra Hughes’ Thursday, 30th Christine Linaker’s
October 2019: Extraordinary Month of Mission
October 2019 is the month designated by the Holy Father with “the aim of fostering an increased awareness of the Missio ad gentes and taking up again with renewed fervour the missionary transformation of the Church’s life and pastoral activity, and helping communities grow in missionary and...