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).
St Joseph’s Home of Compassion in Upper Hutt, a residential care home for older people that was facing imminent closure, hopes to keep its doors open, Chris Gallavin, Tumu Whakarae of the Sisters of Compassion group has announced.
Vocations directors from around the country met for a day with formation staff at Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland in August to discuss the formation of future diocesan priests in New Zealand.
Parishioners, whānau and friends gathered at Holy Family Church in Porirua to support the Sisters from the Missionaries of Charity and the Community of the Missionaries to celebrate the feast of St Mother Teresa of Kolkata at Mass on 3 September.
The Diocese of Palmerston North invites all parishioners to the Mass to celebrate the Jubilees of Priestly Ordination. The Jubilee Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday 11 October at 12.05 pm in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. The presider will be Cardinal John Dew. The priests celebrating Jubilees this year are: Fr Joe O’Sullivan […]
Research into the origins of the altar at St Peter Chanel Church in Motueka has uncovered the following story. By Triona Doocey
Joseph Kham Dinh Nguyen, Joseph Long Tranh Kim Tran and John Quang Dinh Dang have arrived in New Zealand to continue their English language study and further discern their call to training for the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Wellington. They will initially be with Vocations Director Fr Andrew Kim at St Theresa’s parish, Plimmerton, […]
Levin’s Catholic Parish of St Joseph’s and St Joseph’s School had a full schedule during September to celebrate the Season of Creation 2022.
Proud silver medal winner Maria Collier (Te Rarawa and Ngāti Whātua) of Our Lady of Kāpiti Parish won a silver medal in the 19th IVF Va’a World Sprint Championship. The outrigger championships were held in Windsor, UK, in August. Maria paddled in the Women’s Master 60+ years. She is pictured (second from right) holding her […]
Young people came from all over the archdiocese to gather and celebrate a Young Church Mass in August, hosted by Life Teen Petone at Sacred Heart Church and celebrated by Cardinal John Dew. Although Covid had disrupted plans to hold Young Church Mass for a year over 50 teenagers came to share in the Mass […]
Students from all eight Catholic colleges in the archdiocese gathered for the 28th annual Vinnies Mass, at St Patrick’s College chapel in Wellington on Sunday 18 September, to celebrate the works of the St Vincent de Paul Society. The Mass was an opportunity to appreciate the work done at the various schools to support the […]