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).
Results of the Archdiocese of Wellington’s two-year review of its ethnic communities, released late last year, indicate that the Catholic community’s multicultural population is continuing to grow and develop. ‘This raises significant pastoral issues,’ says Maya Bernardo, the Archdiocese’s Launch Out Programme Formator and Manager. ‘The review was a response to the recommendation from the […]
Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver, Island Bay – Annual Mission Fair, Saturday 25 February 2023
Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Ghana are all a long way from Island Bay, yet distance is no barrier to the Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver when missionaries and the poor amongst whom they work are in great need.
Fr Lourdes (Anthony) Zaw Htun, Hastings Parish Administrator, passed away unexpectedly at Hastings Catholic Presbytery on 26 November 2022, aged 51 years.
The news of his sudden death was met with shock and sadness. He was in his 20th year of ordination.
‘Gobsmacked, humbled and overjoyed’ were long-time and popular Whanganui parishioner Mrs Merle Manson’s immediate thoughts when it was announced she was to receive the Benemerenti medal. The announcement was made at the Vigil Mass on Saturday 8 January at Holy Family Church. The congregation clapped loudly in approval.
Bethlehem University Vice-Chancellor Br Peter Bray fsc is carrying a message of pessimism and hope as he tours New Zealand, speaking about life in Palestine for his students and their families.
The New Zealand Catholic Church response to the ‘Document for the Continental Stage’ of Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality has been published.
The Catholic world is now in the Continental Stage of the Synod process, in which each ‘continent’ will produce a response to the continental document approved by the Vatican’s synod office last October.
The Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, Bishop Michael Dooley, performed a pre-dawn blessing of the renamed Trinity Catholic College on Saturday, 28 January, accompanied by the college kaumatua.
The former Kavanagh College in Dunedin became Trinity Catholic College from 1 January, 2023.
The bishops and congregational leaders of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand have published a statement of commitments adopted in response to the continuing work of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care.
Fr John Panamthottathil cmi has been appointed Bishop of the St Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne, which covers Australia and Oceania including Aotearoa New Zealand.
Wellington youth agency Challenge 2000 was kept busy in the lead up to Christmas, delivering more than 200 Christmas hamper packages to help families in need through the holiday period.