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).
World Youth Day on Sunday November 20 was a full day for the archdiocese’s Young Church (YC) team with young people from across the diocese joining together for a range of events to celebrate all that’s happening in the Young Church.
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Hato Pāora College, the Catholic Māori boarding school for boys north of Feilding, celebrated its 75th Jubilee over Labour Weekend.
The next stage of Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality has begun with the Vatican on 27 October publishing the working document that brings together the many Synod syntheses from around the Catholic world including Aotearoa New Zealand’s.
The Archdiocese of Wellington’s Hill Street site in Thorndon, home of the archdiocesan Catholic Centre, is to be re-developed, following several adverse seismic assessment reports.
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand appeals for peace and calls for international humanitarian law to be respected after recent deadly missile attacks and airstrikes in Ukraine.
An art exhibition in support of the children of Ukraine was held at Our Lady’s Home of Compassion in Island Bay in October.
Catholic witnesses were heard on Monday 17 October at the ‘responses of faith institutions to abuse and neglect in their care’ hearing of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care.
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) joins many others welcoming the passing of the Fair Pay Agreement Bill.
Bethlehem University Vice-Chancellor – Taranaki’s own Br Peter Bray fsc – will give a series of public talks about Palestine during his visit to Aotearoa New Zealand early next year.