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).
A new year has begun in the Church, and very soon the great festival of Christmas will be upon us. Once again, we will be invited into the great mystery of God’s love for us. A ‘love’, as St Augustine reminded us – whose quality makes us feel ‘as if we were the only one…’.
In the Catholic Church Advent is a time of waiting. In our lives there will be many times when we are waiting for someone or something to arrive. It can be a time of unmixed joy, as when we wait for the homecoming of someone we love or wait for the great holidays we have planned.
We’re in the season of getting together. Family members coming home. Friends re-connecting. Christmas!
Second Sunday of Advent – Luke 3:1-6 The Preaching of John the Baptist 1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, […]
This question came from a woman returning to the Catholic faith.
A chaplet is a devotion that uses beads and repetitive prayers, such as the Rosary. The structure of these prayers can vary widely, and many have their own sets of beads, shorter than Rosary beads.
During the month of December 2024 Pope Francis’ intention is: for pilgrims of hope.
We pray that this Jubilee Year strengthen our faith, helping us to recognise the Risen Christ in our daily lives, and that it may transform us into pilgrims of Christian hope.
During the month of January 2025 Pope Francis’ intention is: for the right to an education.
Let us pray for migrants, refugees and those affected by war, that their right to an education, which is necessary to build a better world, might always be respected.
It’s getting late.
In the tow of evening,
eyes accustomed to the dark…
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the arrival of 733 Polish refugee children in New Zealand in 1944, the Trustees of the Ogonowska Education Charitable Trust are pleased to announce the Trust’s 2024 Awards.
The living wage recognises all people deserve a fair wage for their labour, offering a way to lift people out of poverty. This is why, for our social action assessment in Sociology in our last year at school, we approached our Principal and Board of Trustees to support the Living Wage Schools Campaign.