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).
Capuchin Fr Cronan Fahey, who died in Ireland in September, spent his entire priestly career in New Zealand. He had an interest in this country from childhood: an aunt had come from Ireland in 1919 as a new bride.
Fr Cronan was born 20 years later, o
Sr Elizabeth Julian delivered this reflection at a Eucharist to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Mercy by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, held at St Anne’s Church, Newtown, Wellington, 9 October 2006.
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Linda Mato is Head of Social Sciences at Garin College, Richmond, Nelson. During the September school holidays, Linda organised a ten-day trip to Vietnam for 24 students and six adults, including herself, one other staff member, Rachael Carson, the school
Congratulations to Cullinane College, Whanganui, at being awarded runner-up for the Mainstream Employer of the Year Awards held in Wellington on Thursday, 12 October 2006.
Much loved singing teacher, Sister Mary Winefride Blake RSM QSM, has been awarded one of the highest papal honours ever given to religious and lay people.
Sr Winefride, who celebrated her Diamond Jubilee earlier this year, last week received a medal
The St Catherine’s College senior basketball players defied all odds to win the Wellington Girls Division One Championship finals against Onslow College last August.
In the midst of the numerous pressures on teachers it is easy to lose sight of their value. Teachers are committed to young people and have an enormous influence on their young lives. It is through their teachers that children will come to meet the God wh
At times in the privacy of my own home, like every parent, I sound off about teachers. Things like ‘what the heck did they tell the kids that for’, or more often ‘why are they charging that much!’ and sometimes ‘why don’t they teach english/maths/science/
Teachers are taonga who turn over the paua shell of children’s lives to reveal the beautiful colours of the potential/good news that is within.
Every morning approximately 8,500 young people in our diocese set off to be educated in a Catholic school environment which can unashamedly proclaim that ‘Christ is the reason for this school’. We feel blessed that our schools are imbued with ‘Jesus’ valu