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 August 2021 Around 240 teachers, leaders and support staff from the 13 Catholic primary and secondary schools across the centre of Wellington came together at St Patrick’s College, Kilbirnie, on Friday 9 July, for a mid-winter hui, themed: ‘Feeling Good and Functioning Well in our New Normal’. Wellington Catholic Schools network – ‘Kāhui Ako’ […]
WelCom August 2021 As part of their Education Outside the Classroom: EOTC week, St Bernard’s School, Brooklyn, held a Caritas Challenge Day. They started with a whole school Mass led by senior students, and parish priest Fr Doug Shepherd who talked about the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. After Mass, the children took part in […]
WelCom August 2021 Young Vinnies at Cullinane College organised a mufti day on 1 July to raise money for Starship Hospital, after seeing online Starship asking for donations for more beds. ‘The group gifted the $700 raised for this cause,’ said Mr Simon Peterson, teacher in charge of Young Vinnies. ‘They meet at school fortnightly […]
WelCom August 2021 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel, John 6: 24-35 24 When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and crossed to Capernaum looking for Jesus.25 And when they found him across the sea they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you get here?’ 26 […]
WelCom August 2021 The Little Company of Mary, founded by the Venerable Mary Potter in 1877, invite you to join them in their prayer ministry for the sick, suffering and dying. For those experiencing distress at the sudden death of a loved one, it is consoling to know that somewhere in the world prayer is […]
WelCom August 2021 Heritage Art Auctions, Whanganui, advises they will be selling, by auction, on 11 September 2021, a rare 19th Century portrait in oils of Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier (1801–1871). The work, in a period oval frame measuring 36cm x 47cm at the widest points, is unsigned and the artist is not known. Bishop […]
WelCom August 2021 After exhibiting in Wellington, Suffrage in Stitches exhibition is showing at Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North, until 12 September. Suffrage in Stitches developed through a partnership between Vinnies Re Sew – a socially inclusive, sewing studio run by St Vincent de Paul Society, Wellington – and Wellington Museum. It provides over 500 […]
WelCom August 2021 Days of grace The polar blast has pummeled us, now the sun makes its cartwheeling entrance. Peace hovers on the surface of the water.Let us stand upon the ground.Let us drink down the air. Let us soak ourselves in song.Let us live our fleeting days under the influence. – Michael Fitzsimons If you have a […]
WelCom June/July 2021 The Year of St Joseph In this special year of St Joseph, it is fitting Hato Hōhepa – St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College, Napier, have won the prestigious O’Shea Shield and for the first time in 46 years. Second place was shared equally by three colleges: St John’s College, Hastings; Sacred Heart […]
WelCom June/July 2021 The New Zealand Catholic Bishops and the Nathaniel Centre for Bioethics have started a campaign to provide accurate information about the COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. Director of the Nathaniel Centre, Dr John Kleinsman, said that the Bishops were concerned about the amount of misinformation circulating […]