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).
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Youth, Schools, Education | Hunga Taiohi, Ngā Kura, Mātauranga St Mary’s College Young Achievers On Friday 17 June five All Blacks visited St Mary’s College, Wellington, to run a skills session for our rugby players. St Mary’s was a winner of the OneMoreTeam Competition where three schools throughout the country were […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News | Ngā Pitopito Kōrero a Rohe Pīhopa Fr Craig Butler, Parish Priest, The Catholic Parish of New Plymouth We are all called to conversion and it can come at any moment of our lives – especially if we are open to it. Recently, our New Plymouth Mayor Andrew Judd had […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News | Ngā Pitopito Kōrero a Rohe Pīhopa Among the many hundreds who joined the Parihaka peace hikoi led by New Plymouth Mayor Andrew Judd, in June, were a group of students from Sacred Heart Girls College New Plymouth. Year 12 student, Jane Gray, reports. The peace walk was a […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Cardinal John Dew Kia ora tātou The kaupapa (theme) for Māori Language Week ‒ te wiki o Te Reo Māori, 4‒10 July this year, is ākina to reo ‒ behind you all the way, which is about using Te Reo Māori to support people, to inspire and to cheer them on, […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Features and News | Ngā Kōrero Tāhuhu Sir Graham Latimer was born in the far north on 7 February 1926 and died aged 90 on 7 June 2016. The longest serving chair of the New Zealand Māori Council, a founder of the Māori Language Commission and driver of Te Reo as […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Features and News | Ngā Kōrero Tāhuhu On Anzac Day this year, the Rt Hon Jim Bolger ONZ, Prime Minister of New Zealand from October 1990 to December 1997 and former Ambassador to the United States, delivered a remembrance address at the Waikanae Memorial Hall, entitled ‘The Lessons of History. He […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News and Views | He Pitopito Kōrero me ngā Tirohanga a Rohe Pīhopa On Sea Sunday, 10 July 2016, churches all over the world come together to remember seafarers and pray for them, their families and those who support them. The message for Sea Sunday 2016 from the Pontifical Council […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi News | He Pitopito Kōrero Simone Olsen, NZ Catholic Bishops Conference Emeritus Bishop Len Boyle of Dunedin died peacefully on 1 June, surrounded by family and his brother priests, after a short period of ill health. He was 85. Bishop Boyle, who lived in Mosgiel, had recently moved into the Sacred Heart […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News | Ngā Pitopito Kōrero a Rohe Pīhopa Bishop Owen Dolan, Emeritus Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, is pictured with Pope Francis, pointing out to him the presence of the St Vincent de Paul group at the General Audience, just 50 metres away. Pope Francis acknowledges the group with a […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi International News | He Pitopito Kōrero mō te Ao Steve Zabilski, the executive director of the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Phoenix, Arizona, has paid tribute to the volunteer work of the late former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. Ali died 3 June in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the […]