by Michael McG | May 9, 2022 | Postgate Society, postgate, Organisations
The Postgate Society can trace its origins back to the 1960s when Father David Quinlan, then parish priest at Egton Bridge, assembled papers for the cause of canonisation of Nicholas Postgate.Mildred Raw, then headmistress of St Hedda’s School, was a stalwart of the...
by Michael McG | Feb 16, 2022 | Postgate Society, postgate, Appeals and Special Events, Organisations
This year’s Postgate Rally will now be held on Sunday July 10 and not the week before, as previously publicised.
by Michael McG | Jun 18, 2021 | postgate, Pilgrimage
Bishop Terry will celebrate Mass as the Postgate Rally returns this summer after the event was cancelled last year because of the pandemic. The rally, in honour of the English and Welsh martyrs and Blessed Nicholas Postgate, takes place at Ugthorpe on Sunday July 4,...
by Michael McG | Jan 15, 2020 | postgate
As part of the efforts of the Postgate Society to promote the cause of Blessed Nicholas Postgate we are planning to place a copy of a painting of Father Postgate in every church in the diocese. This ambitious project, which has the support of Bishop Terry, which will...
by Michael McG | Oct 11, 2018 | Postgate Society, postgate, Bishop Terry
Bishop Terry has blessed a plaque erected by the Postgate Society on the site of the original Egton Mass House, which was used for the celebration of Mass in secret during penal times. It was rediscovered in 1830 when a servant girl accidentally pushed her hand...
by Michael McG | Jul 3, 2018 | postgate, Bishop Terry, Pilgrimage
Hundreds of pilgrims came from all over the diocese to the annual Postgate Rally in honour of the English and Welsh Martyrs and Blessed Nicholas Postgate. The rally takes place in Egton Bridge and Ugthorpe in alternate years and this time was held in Ugthorpe, which...