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 2020 Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand (CANZ) has been working with partners in Samoa in response to the measles epidemic that broke out in the country last September. By January this year there were more than 5,600 confirmed cases of measles and over 80 deaths – mainly young children – out of a Samoan […]
WelCom February 2020 Pope Francis has appointed a female Italian lawyer to a high-ranking role in the Vatican’s diplomatic division. Dr Francesca Di Giovanni will serve as the under-secretary in the Section for Relations with States, the arm of the Catholic Church that handles the Holy See’s political and diplomatic activity. Di Giovanni is the […]
WelCom February 2020 As the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Pope Francis urged the world’s public and private sector leaders of their responsibility for the integral development of all by placing the human person at the very centre of public policy. Pope Francis’ message was read at the WEF annual […]
WelCom February 2020 During the month of February 2020, Pope Francis’ Universal Prayer Intention is Listen to the Migrants’ Cries: We pray that the cries of our migrant brothers and sisters, victims of criminal trafficking, may be heard and considered.
WelCom February 2020 Suzanne Aubert knew the importance of tertiary education for young people. In 1992, the Centennial Year of the Sisters of Compassion, the congregation established the Suzanne Aubert Tertiary Scholarship Grant. Since then, many students have benefitted from the grant and have gained national recognition in their respective professional careers. The scholarships are […]
WelCom February 2020 Catholic Foundation Scholarships of $2,000 each have been granted to four Wellington Archdiocese students for their first year of tertiary education in 2020. The Foundation congratulates the recipients and wishes them all well in their chosen courses. The four scholarships are: an ‘open scholarship’ for a Catholic student’s first year of tertiary […]
WelCom February 2020 Nick Wilson The Youth Catholic Leadership (YCL) camp has been another highlight for the 2019 Youth Ministry calendar in the Palmerston North Diocese. Around 45 Year 12 participants from six Catholic colleges and four state colleges attended Highland Home Christian Camp in the beautiful Pohangina Valley out the back of Ashhurst in […]
WelCom February 2020 Alex Bailey of Hamilton is the new chair of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Council for Young People, the bishops announced late last year. Alex, the Pastoral Services Manager of the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, has worked as the Youth Director and a youth worker for the diocese. He takes the chair […]
WelCom February 2020 Gerald Scanlan The Catholic Institute (TCI) held its final graduation for students in the Archdiocese of Wellington and Diocese of Palmerston North in late November last year. From 1 January 2020, The Catholic Institute has joined forces with Good Shepherd College in Auckland (where seminarians study theology) to become Te Kupenga – […]
WelCom February 2020 Professor Thomas O’Loughlin, Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Arundel and Brighton on England’s south coast, continues his six-part series. New answers to old problems ‘Theology’ is not some body of information one ‘downloads.’ In the past it was often confused […]