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 December 2021 Lisa Beech The Wellington EJP Commission, Challenge 2000 and Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand were among submitters supporting a government Bill to establish Matariki as a public holiday. The Māori Affairs Select Committee is considering Te Pire mō te Hararei Tūmatanui o te Kāhui o Matariki/Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Bill, which […]
WelCom December 2021 Lisa Beech ‘Racism is a virus that quickly mutates and, instead of disappearing, goes into hiding, and lurks in waiting.’ – Pope Francis: Fratelli Tutti, para 97, 2020 In his most recent encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, October 2020, Pope Francis has added to the Church’s history of Catholic social teaching opposing racism. Pope […]
WelCom December 2021 Fr Ron Bennett Followers of the Jewish, Christian, and Moslem religions have a lot common – the most obvious being Abraham, with whom our journey of faith begins. Abraham is revered in all three faiths as the man of faith to whom God promised countless descendants. Because of that closeness of our […]
WelCom December 2021 The street lights are being turned off in Punakaiki from November to January to allow fledgling Westland petrel chicks to safely leave their nest burrows. Some of the Westland chicks, embarking on an 11,000km trip across the Pacific, are dying as soon as they set off from their hillside burrows because of […]
WelCom December 2021 Challenge 2000 was founded by Kitty McKinley in Wellington’s Johnsonville Catholic parish in 1988 as a youth and community development agency as a response to the gospel call to love, serve and to bridge the gaps to support people from becoming their best selves. Challenge remains committed to working to change or […]
WelCom December 2021 He puawa au nō runga i te tikanga, He rau rengarenga nō roto i te raukura, Ko taku raukura rā, he manawanui ki te ao. Puna Te Aroha Wharehoka Te Kura Kōhine o Manawa Tapu ki Ngamotu has held the connection with Parihaka for the past seven years, with koro Rangikotuku Rukuwai […]
WelCom December 2021 Meet Porirua’s Bishop Viard College Year 13 student-entrepreneurs behind ‘The Hustle’ – an award-winning Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) business that incorporates Samoan stories, history and language. In 2020, Malaga, Siose, Oliver, Fa’amanuia, Priscilla and Kade recognised a gap in the market for the representation of Samoan history and language. The team were […]
WelCom December 2021 The Archdiocese has recently welcomed Louise Lloyd as coordinator for its Young Church Ministry (YCM) team and as Tuākana for St Mary’s College. Louise has been involved in YCM for many years as a participant and as a leader. As a programme coordinator she has been active in the flourishing of Life […]
WelCom December 2021 A Lego ship made with close to 30,000 pieces and measuring 1.8 metres in length, won St John’s College student, Matthew Eagles, a commendation award at this year’s BrickCon-NZ. BrickCon is the biggest Lego show in New Zealand and until the pandemic hit, it was part of a worldwide series of events […]
WelCom December 2021 Louise Lloyd If you love Youth Ministry, want to work with college students and contribute to the mission of the Young Church, then this is an opportunity for you! Our Mission as Christians is to share our faith. In Acts 26:16 we are called to ‘Arise!’ and ‘testify to what we have […]