Our Lady of the Assumption News
Keep up to date with the latest news and events in the Parish. Group leaders: e-mail us to add your event here!FayreShare Project
A Big Thanks To all who helped with our FayreShare project with the Good News Mission Church through Christmas. A special well done to Catherine and Natasha who do the lion's share of this work and their volunteer helpers at GNM. Thanks to the Albert Gubay Trust who...
Welsh Assembly Education Bill: A Statement by the Catholic Education Service UK
We believe that parents are the primary and principal educators of their children, and that the role of the State, the Churches and other organisations is to support parents in that responsibility, whether by providing schools or otherwise, and not to usurp them. This...
A Christmas Message (from Fr Charles)
Please see this week's bulletin for a Christmas message from wonderful peacemaker, Professor Martin Qumsiyeh, “a bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home,
Christmas at St. Mary’s
We invite families with children to drop in to our CHRISTMAS OPEN DAYS on Wed 23rd and 24th December. Bring the children in to pray around the Christmas Crib. We will provide Christmas music and special family prayers for families to say together -...
First Communion/Confirmation 2020 and 2021
The 2020 group of children completed preparation for their First Reconciliation but have still to celebrate this Sacrament and also begin preparation for First communion. We’ve now arranged for a way to complete the course, partly by Zoom and partly with meetings in...
Message from Colette (CAFOD Rep)
We are one week away from Christmas and all of us are still in some kind of lockdown situation. What a strange year this has been! I just wanted to send a final message to say a big thank you for all of your parish’s wonderful support and generosity to CAFOD this...
Changes to National R.E. Curriculum
The Welsh dioceses along with the Catholic Education Service are running a national letter writing campaign against the Welsh Government’s proposed changes to the school curriculum. These changes, if passed, will have a significantly detrimental effect on Catholic...
A Message from Christ the Word School
Update from Mrs Amanda Preston, Head Teacher of Christ the Word Catholic 3-16 School. The term has been challenging but rewarding and the children have been fantastic. Every year group have been raising money/food for their chosen charity. We had KS2 that raised over...
CAFOD at Christmas
CAFOD offer a nice online Advent calendar which offers prayers and reflections for each day. Also, don’t forget that CAFOD World Gifts booklets are available at the back of the church. Safe to take as nobody has touched them. They include perfect Christmas...
Christmas (with COVID) at St Mary’s
Sadly, due to restrictions related to Covid, this year we are able to provide Mass only at 9pm Christmas Eve and 10am Christmas Day. Mass at 5pm would be too crowded. As an alternative for families with children we invite you to drop in to our CHRISTMAS OPEN DAYS on...
Christmas for Homeless people and those in supported Housing
(174 in Denbighshire but most of these in Rhyl) A team including parishioners, secular people, Denbighshire county council homeless unit and the Night Shelter (which has been operating with reduced numbers throughout the pandemic) has been meeting and aims to provide...
Advent Services of Reconciliation
will happen on Wednesday, 16th December, at 7.00 pm and Saturday, 19th December, 10.30 am. These will be as brief as possible, with social distancing and immunising in place. Bring warm clothes please..
Catholic Education Service
.The Catholic Education service is asking that people write to their Assembly Members of the Senedd to ask them to halt changes in Religious and Sex Education. If you visit the website link below it will produce a template letter for your MSs. All you need to do is...
Climate Change
TCC has a group of members researching and campaigning on Climate change , including one of our own parishioners, Brittany Roberts. Brittany also keeps in touch for us with CAFOD and its regional rep, Colette. CAFOD also is working on climate Change. We all need to...
CAFOD NEWS
CAFOD offer a nice online Advent calendar which offers prayers and reflections for each day. Also, don’t forget that CAFOD World Gifts booklets are available at the back of the church. Safe to take as nobody has touched them. They include perfect Christmas gifts to...
Advent Services of Reconciliation
will happen on Wednesday, 16th December, at 7.00 pm and Saturday, 16th December, 10.30 am. Each of these will last about 20 minutes
Stay Safe and Stay Warm !!
Bishop Peter has asked clergy to remind parishioners that during the pandemic we are keeping windows open so air can flow and inhibit the spread of Covid 19. But as colder weather approaches, we advise you to attend church in warm clothes.
The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill
currently progressing through the Senedd will have a detrimental impact on Catholic schools and Catholic families across Wales. This Bill seeks to end the rights of parents to withdraw their children from Relationship and Sex Education and Religious Education. This is...