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 Scotland’s Catholic international development agency has launched a petition asking the UK government to pledge to do more to tackle climate change ahead of a major UN climate conference. The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will take place in Glasgow from October 31–November 12, 2021. The Scottish Catholic International […]
NauMai September 2021 Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, the ‘Iron Primate’ known for his resistance to communism, is to be beatified in Warsaw on September 12. He was a mentor to St John Paul II who said, ‘There would be no Polish Pope without the Primate’. Wyszyński was a martyr of the communist era – he […]
NauMai September 2021 Cardinal Raymond Burke, a former archbishop of St Louis, USA, who was hospitalised after contracting Covid-19, is now off a ventilator and has been moved out of intensive care into a regular hospital room. Burke, 73, one of Pope Francis’ loudest critics, is a former Vatican official who has expressed scepticism about […]
NauMai September 2021 President Joe Biden is poised to nominate Caroline Kennedy to serve as ambassador to Australia, three people familiar with the search process told CNN, in one of the highest-profile envoy selections yet by the White House. Kennedy, the daughter of former President John F Kennedy, served as ambassador to Japan during the […]
NauMai September 2021 Catholic Foundation Scholarships Applications are invited for the Catholic Foundation Scholarships. Applications opened on 1 August and close on 24 September 2021. Eight scholarships are available to students living in the Archdiocese of Wellington who are in their final year of secondary college education. The scholarships of $2,000 each for the first […]
NauMai September 2021 Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2021 SINGout4JUSTICE song-writing competition. The theme was ‘A NEW WAY FORWARD’. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world and we are faced with finding a ‘new way forward’, with love, justice and peace at the heart as we are all part of […]
NauMai September 2021 Penelope Van Der Lee Defining, unpacking and instilling ‘hope’ was a key takeaway from this year’s Passionist Young Adult Retreat, held at the Magnificat Retreat Centre, Featherston, in July. Hope was seen as – and explored in – ‘light, goals, strength, beginnings, questions and future’. Newcomers and seasoned retreaters alike dove into […]
NauMai September 2021 Following campaigning led by students of Ōtorohanga College, from the Waikato region, two years ago the government announced that history of Aotearoa New Zealand would be required in the school curriculum to year 10. The proposed history curriculum encourages learners to be critical citizens – learning about the past to understand the […]
NauMai September 2021 First Catholic Māori priest (1914–1994) – Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Hāuaroa Wiremu Hākopa Toa Te Āwhitu, the first Māori to be ordained as a Catholic priest, was born at Ōkahukura, near Taumarunui, on 28 July 1914. He was the third of 10 children of Tamakaitoa (Toa) Te Āwhitu and his wife, Katarina […]
NauMai September 2021 Changes to the Privacy Act, which came into effect on 1 December 2020, have wide-ranging implications in the Catholic Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Matthew Balm, Privacy Officer for the Diocese of Palmerston North, explains. ‘Privacy’ is a bit of a buzzword in certain circles, conjuring emotions from disinterest to concern in […]