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).
Nourished by Eucharist is a refreshing,diverse look at the place of Eucharist in the parish community of the 21st century and in the wider society.
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The Holy See’s International Theological Commission is examining the notion of limbo and may be on the verge of scrapping it.
Ad Kronos International (AKI) reports that the Vatican appears set to abolish the Catholic tradition that holds that the sou
Recently two Marist Brothers in Lower Hutt celebrated the Golden Jubilee of their entry into the Order. On 12 September 1956, Brothers John Fitzgibbon and Douglas Dawick received the habit at the novitiate in Claremont, just out of Timaru.
A trip to Samoa at the end of last term proved an unexpectedly emotional experience for 12 teachers from St Anne’s School, Newtown, and underlined the importance of seeing education as life-long learning.
St Anne’s School is offering classes in Gagan
There is to be an unveiling on Saturday, 9 December for Bishop Max Takuira Mariu who died on 12 December 2005.
Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Deus Caritas Est challenges young people to look at people as Jesus would have done, something which is easier to say than to put into practice. This was the view of one of three students from Lower Hutt’s Sacred Heart Colle
Expressing his ‘grave worry’ over the deterioration of the situation in the Gaza Strip, Pope Benedict last Sunday prayed that Israeli and Palestinian authorities would work to end the bloodshed in the region.
Synod 2006 held over Queen’s Birthday or Pentecost weekend, 2-4 June, presented a number of propositions. These have now been released with the promulgation of the synod booklet.
There is mounting evidence and increasing awareness that the world is in serious trouble, environmentally, socially, and economically.
In most cases we’re aware of what steps are required in order to address the problems, but remedial action is often
‘Here I Am, Lord’ sang the congregation with a spirit of expectation, challenge, promise and purpose as the archdiocese’ second lay pastoral leader, Barbara Rowley, and Archbishop John Dew processed in St Bernadette’s, Naenae, for her installation on 1 Oc