Welcom Archive 2007-2026

Six months after the death of a much loved student, St Catherine’s College teacher, Lucy McLeod, has her hair chopped off to raise money for a cancer cure.

It was an historic assembly of priests that launched the first issue of Wel-com in September 1984 and the National Assembly of Priests again features in this 250th issue nearly 24 years later. Then the newspaper was just eight pages moving to 12 the following year.

When any new Catholic newspaper is established, it is a hope that it might tap into the faith enshrined in the lives of Christian people down the ages, speak about the hope that was theirs and is ours, and stimulate all of us in the ways of truth and love, justice and integrity, mercy and reconciliation.

There has been a worshipping community in the district for more than 150 years served initially by Marist priests from Otaki.

A passionate and knowledgeable facilitator, Robert created a comfortable learning environment in which we covered cultural identity, honouring our stories, origins of New Zealand settlement, pre-treaty New Zealand history, the Treaty of Waitangi, post-treaty legislation, Parihaka, assimilation, consequences of colonisation, sovereignty debate/self-determination, Waitangi Tribunal claims settlements and current treaty issues and implications for the future.

It was a unique experience for St Patrick’s Parish, Napier, to have a married couple be received into the church at Easter.

There was much celebration in Napier on the weekend of April 12 and 13 when Afioga Aki Epikopo Alapati Mataeliga, the Archbishop of Samoa, visited the Hawke’s Bay Catholic Samoan Community.

St Peter’s College Year Eight and Nine students who have special abilities in creative writing were recently treated to a morning workshop with popular New Zealand author David Hill.

Two groups of Stratford’s youth are on the job on the first day of the holidays.