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).
NauMai September 2021 The Kapi-Mana Society of St Vincent de Paul Conference will host the annual Archdiocese of Wellington’s St Vincent de Paul Mass this year at Our Lady of Kāpiti parish. Cardinal John Dew will celebrate Mass at 9am, Sunday 26 September, at Our Lady of Kāpiti Church, Paraparaumu. This annual Mass also celebrates […]
NauMai September 2021 Game on is a successful men’s parenting programme developed by Dunedin’s Catholic Social Service’s Director Mike Tonks over the last 14 years. The programme, created ‘by Dads for Dads’, is designed as a forum for fathers in general and reflects the call to mission in Malachi 4;6: ‘He will turn the hearts […]
NauMai September 2021 A major fund-raiser for the restoration of Sacred Heart Cathedral was skittled by last month’s Covid-19 lockdown. The announcement that the whole country would go into immediate lockdown came just two days before a sold-out function scheduled for 19 August. The Cathedral Restoration Dinner, to be hosted by Cardinal John Dew and […]
NauMai September 2021 Since 2000, the Archdiocese has at various times honoured and acknowledged local people for contributions to many aspects of parish life. In 2010, these awards became known as the ‘Fitzgerald Awards’, after a prominent layman, Dr John Patrick Fitzgerald, who did much for Church in Wellington during the 1840s. Cardinal John Dew […]
NauMai September 2021 In June this year, parishioners in Rongotea marked Sacred Heart Church’s 126th year anniversary with a brunch after Sunday Mass. The church, originally built in 1895, has been part of various parishes over the years – most recently Bulls, Feilding and Our Lady of Lourdes. It’s 125-year jubilee was held late last […]
NauMai September 2021 Parishioners at Te Whaea Tapu o Kāpiti – Our Lady of Kāpiti enjoyed a six-day retreat in May, facilitated by the Kāpiti-based Cenacle retreat team Srs Anne Powell, Mary J Kay, Clare O’Connor with Fr Alan Roberts and Mrs Merle Whiteman. The theme – encountering Jesus – was inspired by St Ignatius […]
NauMai September 2021 Pope Francis has called for dialogue to end the conflict in Afghanistan so that locals can live in peace, safety, and with mutual respect. ‘I join in the unanimous worry about the situation in Afghanistan. I ask you to pray along with me to the God of peace so that the clamour […]
NauMai September 2021 If world leaders don’t take steps in the next few months to get Covid-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest countries, then the darkest days of the pandemic still lie ahead. This is the view of Eric LeCompte, the executive director of Jubilee USA Network, an interfaith alliance founded to advocate for debt […]
NauMai September 2021 The president of the European Commission has paid tribute to Europe’s Christian roots after talks with the Pope, praising the Catholic Church’s role in fostering peace and reconciliation across the continent. ‘Christianity is deeply rooted in Europe – in our daily actions, we perceive their origin in Christian values,’ Ursula von der […]
NauMai September 2021 For Iraqis, the first week of August 2014 will forever be etched into their memory as the start of one of the worst episodes of religious and ethnic persecution the country has ever seen when the so-called Islamic State overtook the Plain of Nineveh. Hundreds of thousands of Christians, Yazidis, and even […]