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.
New Vicariates
Bishop Peter is setting up new Vicariates from 6th October. Rhyl parish comes within the new St Asaph and St Tudno Vicariate, which extends from Prestatyn to Llandudno and from Rhyl to Ruthin. This will require the appointment of Vicars and Bishop Peter is seeking clergy proposals for this post...
New Dioscesan Head of Education Services
Mrs Wendy White is the new Diocesan Head of Education Services. Wendy can be contacted by email at education@rcdwxm.org.uk or by phone on 07542 268 719.
Parish One Day Retreat
A great “well done” to the 29 parishioners who travelled to Noddfa Retreat Centre, Penmaemawr yesterday for a day of prayer and reflection and also to Ged Johnson who led the day, (St Beuno’s Spiritual Director) and Sheila Johnson, organiser of the day.
PARISH UPDATE
May I just remind everybody that in march 2018 the parish needed to explore selling the parish house, as we had been unable to acquire government funding to re-establish it as an independent community hub to address needs for community growth in West Rhyl. This meant the departure of the larger...
Season of Creation
“We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all.” Pope Francis, “Laudato Si’ 14 Climate change affects our homes, our health, our heritage and our beautiful landscapes, our community centres where...
Exam Results.
Many of our young people have received results of the exams they took earlier in the summer. Our thoughts are with you and we hope you have been able to show your true skills and receive the recognition you deserve. Of course, if you passed them all with flying colours we are pleased for you, but...
Buildings Report
We are having to do a lot of waiting, alas. Our submission to sell the existing presbytery and build a new one on site was sent to the Diocesan Trustees last March. The diocesan architects then came to visit and reviewed our proposals on 20th April. Three months later we received the architects’...
21-09-2019: Annual retreat for Ministers of the Word and Ministers of Eucharist
Will be held on Saturday, 21st September, at Noddfa Retreat Centre, Conway Old Road, Penmaenmawr, LL34 6YF. The cost will be £18.00 Please give your names to either Sheila or Jean with any dietary requirements. The re-commissioning of Ministers will be held the following day - 22nd September,...
12-09-2019: Service of Healing
The Annual Service of healing will be held on Thursday, 12th September at 3.00 pm with afternoon tea to follow. All welcome. Fathers Roger Dawson and Dermot O’Connor will be present, along with Fr. Charles. Should you require transport please contact Sheila who will arrange.