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).
Christchurch’s new Catholic cathedral will be built on Barbadoes St, the site of the previous one, Bishop Michael Gielen announced in a pastoral letter to the Catholic community last month.
Whanāu Mercy Ministries Trust has appointed David Mullin as its inaugural Ko Te Hapai O – Executive Director.
Fr John O’Connor’s ‘Food For Faith’ online forum is collecting and collating for publication stories of personal experience of God.
The Government has accepted a request to extend the deadline for the final report of the Royal Commission Inquiry into Abuse in Care. The Inquiry must now deliver its final report and recommendations by 26 June 2024. The previous deadline was 28 March 2024.
The National Office for Professional Standards (NOPS) has appointed a team of safeguarding reviewers to progress external safeguarding reviews of all Catholic organisations in New Zealand.
How is the teaching of Pope Francis on synodality impacting at ground level? So often we hear of what is happening in the Vatican or elsewhere but what is happening in New Zealand?
In January this year RNDM sisters enjoyed three noteworthy celebrations in Hawke’s Bay: Sr Carmel Cassin, her 70th jubilee and her 90th birthday; and Sr Mary Rose Holderness, her 60th jubilee.
The Archdiocese of Wellington’s Church Mission team is the pastoral support team that seeks to enable intentional missionary discipleship in its parishes through delivering workshops, courses, resources and retreats to support the formation of lay people and ordained.
St Vincent de Paul Kapi-Mana region members celebrated with a festival meeting and commissioning ceremony at Our Lady of Kāpiti Church, Paraparaumu on 23 February.
Catholic Women’s League Conference, hosted in Naenae by the Lower Hutt Branch, was attended by 32 women over the weekend of 15–16 March.