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by webmaster | Jun 15, 2012 | Miscellaneous

The Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul which is celebrated on 29th June meant a great deal to Father Nicholas Postgate, our martyr of the moors. It was the date he left the English College at Douai in 1630 to join the English Mission. After a very basic education at...

Annual Postgate Rally

by webmaster | Jun 15, 2012 | Miscellaneous

St Anne’s, Ugthorpe (Outdoors, weather permitting) with Concelebrated Mass at 3.00 pm in honour of the English & Welsh Martyrs and Blessed Nicholas Postgate Principal Celebrant Right Reverend Terence Patrick Drainey Sunday 1st July Hymns from 2.30 pm Mass at 3.00...

HCPT Lourdes Pilgrimage

by webmaster | Jun 15, 2012 | Miscellaneous

This was no ordinary Easter Saturday, HCPT Group 122 from York are waiting in the frigid air for the coach to arrive. The group, made up of children and helper volunteers, are eagerly awaiting the week ahead. Lourdes is the destination, specifically Bernadette’s...

Holocaust Educational Trust

by webmaster | Jun 15, 2012 | Miscellaneous

I went to Auschwitz with the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) in March. It was and still is one of the most humbling and eye-opening experiences I have had. As an Ambassador for the HET, it has been truly rewarding to be given the opportunity to educate children and...

Mission Earth – Our First Steps

by webmaster | Jun 15, 2012 | Miscellaneous

Arriving at York Minster with the two Margarets (Margaret Blatchford and Margaret Hinman) before 8.00 am on 21st April, we were struck by the grandeur of the building when it is virtually empty. Other members of the working party were busy in York St John University...

‘Modern Slavery, Trafficking in the Human Person’

by webmaster | Jun 15, 2012 | Miscellaneous

This is the title of the talk to be given by Sister Imelda Poole IBVM on 14th July at St Bede’s (10.30 am – 3.00 pm). Sister Imelda has been living and working in Albania for a number of years. She was also the speaker at the very first meeting of the Women’s...