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 September 2019: In this month’s Catholic Thinking article, Dr John Kleinsman discusses the proposed revision of New Zealand’s abortion laws. Dr Kleinsman is Director of the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre – The Nathaniel Centre, which is formally affiliated with The Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand – Te Pūtahi Katorika ki Aotearoa. Proposed abortion […]
“‘The strengths of the Māori culture are often the very values which modern society is in danger of losing…” St John Paul II
WelCom September 2019: Following the introduction of the Abortion Legislation Bill, Tuesday August 8, and its first reading at Parliament, Thursday 8 August, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops expressed concern about the proposed new abortion regime for New Zealand. They said they also looking forward to contributing to what they hoped would be an honest, respectful […]
WelCom September 2019: Lisa Beech and Chris Duthie-Jung A hand raised in condemnation, or a compassionate hand reaching out to assist? How will today and tomorrow’s pregnant women perceive our Catholic contribution to the debate around abortion legislative change? Will it make them more or less likely to approach us for help? Catholic teaching is clear […]
WelCom September 2019: Tā Mātou Kaupapa – Our Mission: Taking Good Boys and Growing them in to Great Young Men. Annette Scullion Tumuaki (principal) of Hāto Pāoro College, Dr Nathan Matthews (Nga Puhi), has now been in the job for a year. A well-known and respected old boy of the school he took over as principal […]
WelCom September 2019: Ngā Tangata o te Awa Tupua I tēnei mārama ka rere tonu ngā kōrero mō ētehi o ngā Tāngata o te Awa e hono nei, e pūmau nei ki te Hāhi Katorika i te Awa o Whanganui. Ka rere tonu ngā kōrero mō Ngā Tāngata o te Awa hei ngā pepa e haere […]
WelCom September 2019: The International Day of Sign Languages is celebrated across the world on 23 September every year along with International Week of the Deaf. New Zealand Sign Language or NZSL became an official language in New Zealand in 2006 alongside English and Te Reo Māori. St Theresa’s Catholic School in Plimmerton, north of Wellington, […]
WelCom September 2019: 75th Anniversary Reunion St Dominic’s School for the Deaf opened in 1944 in Feilding to provide a Catholic-based education to deaf children. It ran for 45 years. Palmerston North Diocese’s St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre, Te Rito of Nga Katorika Turi, is hosting a reunion for the 75th anniversary of St Dominic’s School […]
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Charles Drennan of Palmerston North.
WelCom September 2019: Fr James Lyons Fr Barney Keegan was the first parish priest of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Lower Hutt’s suburb of Waiwhetu. Opened in 1946, the parish was home to a population of mostly young families, many in state housing, establishing themselves in the uncertain economic times following World War II. […]