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).
Several parishes in our two dioceses celebrated their annual memorial Masses on or near 2 November – All Souls Day – to remember all those departed from their parishes during the past year. Here are some of their stories.
Members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul from Kapi Mana, Wellington and Hutt Wairarapa Areas gathered at Tawa parish’s Our Lady of Fatima Church, on Sunday 25 September, to celebrate their annual feast day.
Before the start of Holy Week in April this year, on 8 April about 100 parishioners spent time in silent adoration during a 13-hour night vigil. Adoration was enhanced with rosaries, hymns, bible readings and prayers for divine mercy.
Christian Life Community Wellington offered Fr Michael Hansen sj’s five-week retreat in daily life ‘Inner Peace in Friendship with Jesus’ over August and September. A group of 30 people – including through Zoom – met every Sunday afternoon at the Home of Compassion, Island Bay. The retreat was a grace-filled experience for participants and givers.
Jim McAloon, chair of the Archdiocese Ecology Justice and Peace (EJP) Commission and a Sacred Heart Cathedral parishioner, welcomed Cardinal John Dew, EJP Commission members, friends and parishioners to a special Cathedral Parish Eucharist celebration on 2 October – the final day of the 2022 Season of Creation.
Interfaith dialogue is of the utmost priority for world peace, says Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna.
India is preparing to celebrate a solemn exposition of the relics of St Francis Xavier, which is expected to draw millions of people of all religions to the archdiocese of Goa. In accordance with a long-standing practice, the exposition of his sacred relics occurs once every 10 years.
Second Sunday of Advent – Matthew 3:1-12 1 John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, 2 ‘Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ 3 This was the man that the prophet Isaiah had spoken of when he said: A voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘Prepare […]
During the month of December 2022 Pope Francis’ intention is: for volunteer not-for-profit organisations
We pray that volunteer non-profit organisations committed to human development find people dedicated to the common good and ceaselessly seek out new paths to international cooperation.
Love’s hypnotic question,
asks you to be
penitent,
or joyous
or trembling,