This June publication of Wel-com coincides with the great feast of Corpus Christi. In Eucharist, we are challenged and nurtured by the Word, consume that Word as food and drink, and are sent to transform our world. ‘The Eucharist commits us to the poor’ (
Debate over the status of Mary Magdalene in Jesus’ life has been renewed after the release last month of the Ron Howard film of the Dan Brown book, The Da Vinci Code [2003]. Elizabeth Julian goes not to pop fiction but to the New Testament in search of an
As a film critic, I regularly hear that movie adaptations of novels are ‘Not as good as the book’. This observation, of course, is misjudged. A good film cannot easily do what a good book can do – tell the viewer what all the characters are thinking, and
An uneasy calm had settled over the Timor Leste capital, Dili, but people were still afraid to go back to their houses as Wel-com went to press a week ago.
I phoned a pastoral worker in Dili, Fr Peter Puthenkandan, last Saturday. He said the situatio
Hanging on the wall of a conference room in the office of the Prime Minister of East Timor, Mari Alkatiri, is a satellite photo of Dili on fire. Smoke billows from scores of incandescent spots all over the city.
The image was taken from the fires of
The proposal to remove the legal defence to assault on children contained in Section 59 of the Crimes Act has resulted in a polarised debate in New Zealand society.
But Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand found there is more common ground on the issue than
Between three and 10 percent of the older population is abused or neglected, according to a recent Age Concern report.
The report said that referrals to agencies dealing with elder abuse and neglect were only ‘the tip of the iceberg’ and up to 45,00
Pentecost reminds us of God’s Spirit birthing the Church. Throughout the Christian world faith communities have been reliving that first out-pouring of God’s Spirit which continues to call believers to ‘go out’ and ‘to preach God’s Good News’.
This
A sense of wonder and awe.
Thinking about Trinity confuses.
One in three, three in one.
Augustine and the hole in the sand.
The fish swimming in the water,
looking for the ocean,
Saint Catherine and her images –
table, f
The National Catholic Youth Ministry Award Scheme – the Delargey Awards – are sponsored by the National Council for Young Catholics (NCYC). NCYC is the New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference Agency for Young Catholics.
The awards recognise signific