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).
Palmerston North Diocese Young Catholics from New Plymouth, Whanganui, Palmerston North and the Hawke’s Bay joined Archdiocesan youth and others from around the country at LifeTeen Summer Camp, at St Paul’s College, Hamilton, 14 to 18 January.
Every December, the Diocese of Palmerston North Youth Office runs a Young Catholic Leader programme at Highland Home Christian Camp, in the beautiful Pohangina Valley.
At the end of last year, 70 year-12 students and 17 young leaders gathered at Forest Lakes Camp, Ōtaki, to prepare for life as school and parish leaders for 2025.
You call us to live lives that matter, lives that change our world for the better. Give us eyes to see that needs of others, and hearts to reach out to fill those need,’ are lines from St Peter’s College school prayer.
St Bernard’s School, Brooklyn, Wellington, celebrated a wonderful day last December with Fr Doug Shepherd baptising nine students, including three siblings.
The NZCBC National Council for Young People has a website with resources, news and ideas for safe ministry with young people. Visit www.youngpeople.church and share the link.
Expressions of interest will soon be called for to prepare for WYD, in Seoul, South Korea, in 2027. It will be the first time WYD takes place in mainland East Asia and in a Christian minority country. Young adult parishioners who will be 18–30 years in 2027, are invited to consider attending. New Zealand bishops […]
WYD, usually on the Feast of Christ the King in November, will be celebrated at the beginning of August to coincide with the celebration calendar of the Jubilee Year. The NZCBC have permission from the Dicastery of Laity, Family and Life to move this day for us in the antipodes. This will be the permanent […]
The Catholic Schools Commissioning Masses for 2025 celebrate Eucharist and whanaungatanga; and all who serve in our Catholic school and college communities are commissioned and blessed in their ministries. Archdiocese of Wellington South Island, 28 February, 5.30pm, St Peter Chanel Church, Motueka. North Island, 4 March, 5.30pm, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington. Diocese of Palmerston North […]
The WDP Committee of the Cook Islands has prepared a service to take place, 7pm, Friday, 7 March, at Otari Parish’s St Thomas More Church, 30 Worcester St, Wilton. Join Ōtari Parish, St Anne’s Anglican Church, Northland, and St Luke’s Anglican Parish, Wadestown, for this WDP service in Wellington, followed by supper and fellowship. Join […]