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).
In January this year 25 teachers from around New Zealand took time off from their summer holiday to be students themselves. For most of the teachers this was the start of their third year of part-time study for a Master of Educational Leadership.
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A major building project over several years at Holy Cross School, Miramar, which culminated in a blessing ceremony last month, has been a learning experience for pupils.
On a calm, sunny Sunday 26 March Archbishop John Dew blessed the classrooms and
Sr Alison Goodson, a religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, recently ended a lifelong vocation of organ-playing around the country. Here we print a speech she gave on the occasion of her retirement.
The pressures on people in relationships seem to be much greater than ever before and helping people get on with loved ones has become a major part of the work of Catholic Social Services.
For this reason retiring director of CSS, John Consedine, sa
The world in which we live is at risk.
Earth is threatened by overpopulation, overconsumption of unrenewable resources, the depletion of the ozone layer, the fouling of fresh water supplies, the extinction of the species and an overall degradation o
Columban missionary Fr Michael Gormly gave this talk to the Sisters of Compassion last month in tribute to their founder.
Why do I have to go to Mass on Sunday? For generations children have asked their parents this question. Today many adults ask it, too. It is an old and a new question, for, though Mass remains the same, Sunday has changed. Australian Jesuit, Fr Andrew Ham
The archdiocesan Leadership Formation Programme culminated in a graduation Mass on 2 April. Here are two impressions of the programme from young participants.
A happy ending to a marriage divided by war occurred in Naenae earlier this year when a Ugandan couple officially tied the knot after 34 years.
Francis and Grace had a customary marriage in December 1972. Both their families are from Alur tribe in Ne
The support offered by different faith communities in response to attacks on icons regarded as sacred, was celebrated at the third national inter-faith forum in Wellington at the end of last month.
Anglican Bishop Richard Randerson summed up the two