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).
Students at Bishop Viard College Porirua have posted a video on YouTube in which they discuss the benefits of the free school lunch programme – Ka Ora, Ka Ko. The Government proposes to review the programme ahead of Budget 2024 in May, and Associate Education Minister and ACT leader David Seymour has stated he wants to cut the programme by up to 50 per cent.
The Syro-Malabar Youth Movement (SMYM) hosted its much-anticipated conference, Unite 2024, at El Rancho, Waikanae Beach, 2–5 February.
St Mary’s of the Angels Church was packed on 12 February for the celebration and Commissioning Mass for Catholic educators in the archdiocese’s lower North Island area. It followed the upper South Island Commissioning Mass at St Mary’s Church in Nelson on 9 February.
Three new youth ministers have been appointed as Tuākana (youth ministers) to Catholic colleges in Wellington for the archdiocese’s 2024 Youth Minister programme. They are Sabrina Brown and Alysse Saipani, at St Catherine’s College, Kilbirnie; and Sarah Beamish at Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt.
To list events free, email welcom@wn.catholic.org.nz with event name, date, time, location and contact details. Sunday 31 March Easter Sunday – Resurrection of the Lord Monday 8 April Annunciation of the Lord, Solemnity Tuesday 9 April Te Kupenga – Catholic Leadership Institute is starting a new webinar series, ‘A Taste of Theology’, Tuesdays 5.30pm, via […]
Parishioners, ex-parishioners and friends of the former Sacred Heart Parish of Reefton are invited to our 150-year celebrations on the weekend of 17, 18, 19 May.
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Catholic College Dux, Special Character Awards and Student Leaders for the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North
Te Rōpū Tautoko, the group coordinating Catholic engagement with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, has advised in its February newsletter that the Royal Commission of Inquiry will publish its final report by 28 March 2024.
In recent times there has been a question in front of the western world, which has demanded our attention. Debates have been lively with strong opinions on both sides. Just recently, this same contentious issue flared up again, and once again there was plenty of public discussion about it.