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).
WelCom September 2022 Child Safeguarding Week, 4–10 September, is held annually in Aotearoa New Zealand to raise awareness of child abuse prevention wherever children are – at home, the community, places they go. Organised by Safeguarding Children – Tiakina ngā tamariki, the objective is to raise the profile of issues connected with child abuse prevention and […]
WelCom September 2022 Te Wiki o te Reo Māori has been celebrated in Aotearoa since 1975. In 2022 Māori Language Week takes place 12 to 18 Mahuru, September. This week is an opportunity for the concentrated celebration and promotion of te reo Māori, helping to secure its future as a living, dynamic, and rich language. The […]
WelCom September 2022 The theme for this year’s Support Life Sunday on 9 October, is ‘You are not alone: Accompanying and caring for people living with mental illness’. The National Liturgy Office is providing resources for prayer and liturgy, and the Nathaniel Centre is producing resources including a social media campaign for the week leading into […]
WelCom September 2022 Fr James Lyons Every culture has a ‘creation story’ attributing power to what are called the ‘gods’, to explain the origin of things and our part in it all. Sixty years ago, human beings became space travellers. The first was Russian, Yuri Gagarin. He returned to Earth and scored some points for atheists, […]
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Luke 14:25-33 25 Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. 26 ‘Anyone who comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple. 27 No one who does not carry […]
WelCom September 2022 This article, in three parts, by Bishop Peter Cullinane coincides with Pope Francis’ desire for our parish liturgies to be as they as they should be, and for the Catholic people to receive on-going liturgy formation. Pope Francis’ most recent Apostolic letter, Desiderio Desideravi – ‘I have desired with a great desire’ (Lk […]
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WelCom September 2022 The Catholic Foundation offers eight scholarships to students living in the Wellington Archdiocese and who are in their final year of secondary education. The scholarships, worth $2,000 each, are to help with study in a student’s first year of tertiary education. Applicants are invited to apply online by 30 September. Go to catholicfoundation.org.nz/grants-and-scholarships/ […]
WelCom September 2022 Two young people share insights from their involvement in the diocesan phase of the Synod 2021–2023. When I heard about the 2021–2023 Synod I was excited to contribute, although many young people did not share my enthusiasm and didn’t care. But as a school leader it was my job to collate youth voices. […]
WelCom September 2022 Young people from around Aotearoa New Zealand are invited to join a pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, next year and maybe see Pope Francis himself there. The Catholic bishops’ Council for Young People – made up of representatives from Catholic youth ministries across the country – has published a […]