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).
Thirty-four children participated in their First Reconciliation at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in the Parish of Our Lady of the Bays, Tasman, on 9 June. They are pictured with the Parish Priest Fr Michael Bellizzi and Fr Ravi Kumar Voliganti. Photo: Supplied
Our May 2024 WelCom’s Te Hīkoi Whakapono – Journey of Faith series featured the Parish of the Holy Spirit – Te Wairua Tapu. This article about Sacred Heart School in Petone was inadvertently omitted from the feature.
Life Teen Aotearoa is a faith-centred movement that works nationally with dioceses and parishes to lead teenagers and their families into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and the Church
Two workshops organised by the Integral Ecology Committee of the Archdiocese of Wellington EJP Commission, are being held this month to prepare for the Season of Creation: 1 September to 4 October. Everyone is welcome.
Applications are now open for the archdiocese’s new one-year adult formation programme that will begin next year. Entitled, ‘Called and Equipped’, the programme is designed to support and encourage lay people serving in parishes.
To list events free, email welcom@wn.catholic.org.nz with event name, date, time, location and contact details. Saturday 3 August Fill the World with Love – Music for the Soul and Spirit, evening of music and song featuring Kathi Craig & Voices of Inspiration, guest Marla Kavanaugh from US, 7.30pm, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. Koha entry. […]
August: 6: Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. 15: Solemnity of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, Patronal Feast for New Zealand. 19: Memorial of St John the Baptist. 22: Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Pope Francis has declared 2025 as a year of Jubilee with the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, to foster a greater sense of global sisterhood and brotherhood, solidarity with the poor, and caring for the environment. In Rome, millions of pilgrims are expected to visit holy sites around the city next year. In the Archdiocese, plans […]
The doors of the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St Mary His Mother were opened once again this month for all the people of the Archdiocese of Wellington and beyond to return to their place of worship.
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