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).
WelCom February 2022 An online event to celebrate World Marriage Day, 13 February, will be livestreamed nationwide from 7.30pm, Sunday 13 February. Called ‘Building a Love that Lasts’ the event is sponsored by the Catholic Network of Marriage Educators, and hosted by the Hamilton diocese. Keynote speakers are Megan and Nahum Kozak of Lighthouse Relationships. […]
WelCom February 2022 Covid casualty – planned event cancelled Fr James Lyons Wellington’s ‘Little Lourdes’ provides an ideal focus for the celebration of this month’s 30th World Day of the Sick, 11 February. A pilgrimage, with prayer for the sick, was to be held at the site honouring Our Lady of Lourdes in the grounds […]
WelCom February 2022 The Diocesan Management Advisory Council (DMAC) is a consultative body to the Bishop of Palmerston North Diocese. Its members, representing both clergy and laity, assist in the governance and administration across the whole diocese. The members meet bi-monthly to discuss and approve projects and programmes and provide financial and legal expertise in […]
WelCom February 2022 Last year’s annual Mass for clergy celebrating their Jubilees of Ordination in the Diocese of Palmerston North, was held at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on 30 November 2021. Bishop Peter Cullinane presided over the Mass with Cardinal John Dew, Bishop Owen Dolan, Fr Craig Butler, Monsignor Brian Walsh and several […]
WelCom February 2022 Anita Peters, GBweekly Tākaka’s historic marble church was lit up for the Christmas season. Since the doors were closed and the power disconnected in 2012, the Sacred Heart Church has sat forlornly empty. But over the Christmas weeks, after dark, its interior came alive with a solar-lit nativity scene and a Christmas […]
WelCom February 2022 Dr Christopher Longhurst The exhibition ‘Michelangelo: A Different View’ at Auckland’s Aotea Centre this summer has attracted unprecedented interest from around 18,000 visitors. The exhibition, which concluded at the end of January, was born out of an idea from Stewart and Tricia Macpherson’s The Stetson Group, to give New Zealanders an opportunity […]
WelCom February 2022 There are major challenges ahead for schools as Omicron spreads through our community, says Dr Kevin Shore, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office (NZCEO). In a January communication to Catholic schools, Kevin Shore writes: ‘Schools will have to respond to possible staff shortages due to illness and staff having […]
WelCom February 2022 A new Educational Trust has been established to honour the memory of two Polish sisters who were among the Polish refugee children offered refuge in New Zealand in 1944. Irena and Teresa Ogonowska were deported from their home in eastern Poland in 1940 and suffered extreme privation and traumatic experiences. They were […]
WelCom February 2022 A St John’s College student with a passion for fine dining has landed himself a dream gig as a Commis Chef for one of Hawke’s Bay region’s prestigious restaurants. Braeden Foster, in Year 13, recently began working at St Georges Restaurant. It is not the first restaurant the 17-year-old has worked at, […]
WelCom February 2022 The Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese of Wellington was launched by Cardinal Williams in 1981. The Foundation funds grants and scholarships to Catholic organisations and individuals for the benefit of the Catholic life of the Archdiocese. Every year, The Catholic Foundation makes available eight scholarships to students who live in the Archdiocese […]