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 March 2021 The Jubilee Year of Compostela in Spain has been extended to take place through both 2021 and 2022, due to Covid-19 restrictions. 2021 is a Camino de Santiago Holy Year, also referred to as a Holy Year of Compostela. A Holy Year on the Camino is a year when the Feast of […]
WelCom March 2021 Several African countries are grappling with a deadly second wave of the Covid-19 virus being driven by a variant first identified in South Africa. There are fears the continent’s health system, already beleaguered in many countries, could be overwhelmed. Fr Charles Chilufya, the Coordinator of the Africa Task Force of the Vatican’s […]
WelCom March 2021 Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory appeared on CNN, during an evening programme on 22 February, offering a prayer for the 500,000 Americans who have died from Covid-19. In the prayer, Gregory asked God to ‘grant eternal peace to all our sisters and brothers lost to this disease. ‘Let us now open our hearts […]
WelCom March 2021 Pope Francis has spoken of his solidarity with the people of Myanmar and appealed to its leaders to show willingness to serve the common good ‘promoting social justice and national stability’. The military has detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi whose National League for Democracy Party won a landslide in a […]
WelCom March 2021 John Courtney Murray SJ, 1904–1967, was an American Jesuit priest and theologian who had a major influence on the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. He was the primary architect of Dignitatis Humanae, the Vatican II Declaration on Religious Freedom. Dignitatis Humanae proclaimed religious freedom is the right of every human person, […]
WelCom March 2021 Carmel Cole RNDM Srs Linley Trower and Muriel Kivell celebrated 60 years of profession as Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions on Sunday, 1 November last year. Many Sisters from across the country gathered to celebrate with the people of the Napier Parish at St Mary’s Church in Taradale, where Muriel […]
WelCom March 2021 Victoria Raw Fr Pat McIndoe CP celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on Saturday 23 January 2021 among parishioners and friends. A thanksgiving Mass for this momentous occasion was held the following week at St Mary’s Church, Blenheim, which is part of the Star of the Sea parish. […]
WelCom March 2021 John Holden Wellington’s sunny summer has enabled good progress to be made on the installation of a new roof and exterior repainting of the ‘heritage listed’ St Francis de Sales Church in the Catholic Parish of Wellington South. Scaffolding requirements have meant that maintenance to the church’s ‘beacon of hope’ bell tower […]
WelCom March 2021 John Holden Parish priest of the Catholic Parish of Wellington South, Fr Doug Shepherd joined Fr Jeff Drane SM on the fishing vessel San Antonio for the annual Island Bay Blessing of the Boats, Sunday 14 February. The Blessing of the Boats ceremony has been adopted in Island Bay by its Italian […]
WelCom March 2021 Ruth Smithies St Mary’s St Vincent de Paul conference in Napier and the parish Care of Creation group launched a joint pilot project last November called the R&R Tables – ‘Re-use and Recycle Tables’. The idea is to encourage parishioners to get involved with caring for the needy and for the environment […]