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).
The Napier branch of the St Vincent de Paul Society is committed to providing ongoing support for the people of Wairoa who are still suffering the devastating effects of Cyclone Gabrielle one year later.
Deacon Rebecca Packer (née Elvin) has been appointed as Tumu Whakarae | co-Chief Executive for the Sisters of Compassion Group, the religious order founded by Meri Hōhepa Suzanne Aubert. Rebecca joins Deacon Danny Karatea-Goddard, appointed in April 2022, as Māori Tumu Whakarae | co-Chief Executive of the group.
What does Christianity look like to those who are not Christian?
For much of the last 500 hundred years the Church of Jesus Christ has looked and acted as very divided, with Christians fighting among themselves, their differences highlighted by large numbers of sects and denominations.
The findings from a New Zealand Church Life Survey (CLS), carried out in 2023, have been analysed and distributed to the Catholic community.
GCPS Consulting were appointed late last year to undertake an assessment of the ‘Implementation of Safeguarding Culture Standards of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand’. Their assessment began in November 2023 and it will conclude with a summary assessment report to be presented to Te Rōpū Tautoko, by June 2024.
Two archdiocesan parishioners have been nominated as finalists in The Post 2023 Wellingtonian of the Year Awards.
The Catholic Parish of Buller and Inangahua have decided to sell their St Peter Chanel church, hall and land in Murchison.
A re-opening ceremony of the Suzanne Aubert Rongoā Garden at the Callaghan Innovation | Te Pokapū Auaha site in Gracefield, Lower Hutt, was held on 25 January this year.
Srs Margaret Anne Mills, Sue Cosgrove, Josephine Gorman, Veronica Hurrings dolc, along with other Compassion whānau members attended the official ceremony.
On 1 March, 1949, children and staff from Ss Peter and Paul Primary School travelled by train from Waterloo Station in Lower Hutt into Wellington and then on to Plimmerton Beach on Wellington’s West coast for a twice weather-cancelled school picnic. For the children it was an exciting adventure and the site of the picnic had been carefully chosen for its safety record.
The Ecology Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Wellington gathered on Saturday 9 March at St Joseph’s Church, Mt Victoria, Wellington, for a Commissioning Mass celebrated by Archbishop Paul Martin sm. With six new members bringing the Commission membership to 19, the EJP is ready to respond to issues of justice and peace inspired and informed by Catholic Social Teaching.