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).
A cathedral in today’s city is that city’s question mark!
What do I mean?
Such a building announces the presence of ‘otherness’ – a reminder that there are questions we cannot adequately answer, mysteries we cannot fully penetrate.
Members of Marlborough’s Catholic community were invited to attend an historic last Mass at Renwick’s 115-year-old Catholic Church, Sunday 18 June. St Francis de Sales Church has served the community of Renwick since its official opening and blessing in 1908. Organisers extended an invitation to include anyone wanting to be a part of the historic gathering and final Mass.
A celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of Sr Francine becoming a Marist Sister – a branch of the Society of Mary – was held at the morning Mass for Our Lady of Hope parish in Tawa/Titahi Bay, on 9 June. Over 80 people were there to celebrate with Sr Francine and take part in her blessing. The large number present was more than twice the usual number for a weekday Mass at this time of year.
The parish of Our Lady of Hope, Tawa Titahi Bay administers a trust established by the late Fr Fergus Reeves. It supports training, development and education for aspiring priests and religious in the Wellington Archdiocese.
The call went out and the response was fantastic with many past parishioners travelling to Shannon to celebrate, on 23 April 2023, the 60th anniversary of the blessing and opening of Shannon’s St Joseph’s Catholic Church.
Fr David Orange is well known around Lower Hutt as a landscape artist. He has had many exhibitions over nearly 60 years in the priesthood but his work pictured here is what is known as Scrafito.
Tuesday 20 June 2023 marked 175 years since the Diocese of Wellington was formally established in 1848, when Pope Pius IX divided New Zealand into two dioceses – Auckland and Port Nicholson (Wellington). Because all Bishop Pompallier’s priests were to move south, it took time to recruit replacements and bring them across the world. It […]
As well as being the birthday of the Church, Pentecost – this year Sunday 28 May – is also the Feast Day of Palmerston North Diocese. Bishop Peter Cullinane and Kate Bell discuss dedicating the diocese to the Holy Spirit, in a video online.
A Vatican pastoral reflection urges people of faith to promote Christian values, not divisions on social media.
There is growing concern in Aotearoa-New Zealand about low rates of childhood immunisations against diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella.