WelCom is the monthly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington. Print copies of the eight-page newsletter are free and available in parishes, and sent to parishes and schools in PDF form. The archive contains WelCom stories published from 2007 to 2026 (May).
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand appointed Nina Tu’i late last year as its new head of programmes to lead international development and humanitarian work. Announcing the appointment Caritas Chief Executive Mena Antonio said, ‘Nina brings 15 years’ of experience leading international development projects in the Pacific and developing relationships with diverse stakeholders to achieve joint objectives. […]
In last month’s WelCom, this photo from the story about the whānau coming together in Wairoa for the unveiling of Richard Tiki Te Aroha Puanaki’s headstone, was inadvertently replaced with a duplicate of another photograph from the same article. Here is the correct photo and caption. We wish all the whānau in Wairoa and beyond […]
Southern Star Abbey or Kopua is a Cistercian monastery tucked away in the rolling hills of Tararua in Central Hawkes Bay. Seclusion is part of the monastery’s nature and purpose.
Recently our community celebrated the ‘change of stability’ to Kopua Monastery of three brothers.
‘What is the relationship between ecology and evangelisation?’ Pope Francis asks in The Letter – a message for our Earth, a recently released film about climate action leaders who journey to Rome to meet the Pope to discuss with him his encyclical letter Laudato si’.
More than 120 people attended the annual Waitangi Day Mass at St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington, on 6 February. In his homily, Cardinal John Dew said the Mass was ‘to pray for this land and all who dwell here under the guardianship of the Treaty’.
A Justice Peace Development and Ecology Commission (JPDEC) is a commission appointed by the bishop in each diocese to promote concerns about justice, peace, development and ecology in line with the Gospel.
Robert Oliver
When I began at St Mary of the Angels in 1999 as Director of Music, I had the idea we could bring together Māori waiata and chanted karakia, with gregorian chant – two powerful streams of spiritual music. I asked the choir members if they knew anywhere in Wellington where there was a congregation celebrating Mass in Māori, and was told about the parish of Te Ngākau Tapu.
John Ellis Carde was raised in Whanganui district. His early education was at the Holy Infancy Convent, Aramoho, and the Marist Brothers Whanganui, then on to Secondary School at St Joseph’s College Masterton. At school he was a talented rugby player and was selected to captain rep teams. Aged 18, he went to Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, to study for the priesthood. He was ordained in July 1958 at Whanganui by Cardinal Peter McKeefry.
‘As we move forward to a changed St Francis of Assisi Ohariu Parish it is my hope, we take our St Andrew’s spirit with us. That each and every one of us will join with our fellow parishioners from St Benedict’s and Ss Peter’s and Paul’s as a vibrant, culturally-diverse, faith-sharing, and prayerful congregation. That by working together we will continue to form and grow a strong community, committed to the Gospel teachings of Our Lord, Jesus Christ,’ Anna Mika-Hunt Walsh said at the closing of St Andrew’s Church on Saturday 11 February 2023.
Wellington’s Blessing of the Boats ceremony took place on Sunday 12 February as part of the annual Island Bay Festival. The ceremony is a southern Italian tradition that dates back to the sixteenth century. It has been adopted in Island Bay by its Italian community since 1933.