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 August 2020 Craig Maclean, Catholic Parish of New Plymouth As went the best laid plans of mice and men, we intended to have the new foyer blessed and open before Easter. Unfortunately, due to some construction delay and the restrictions brought by the Covid pandemic, we had to wait. Nonetheless, on Sunday 5 July, […]
WelCom August 2020 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Matthew 14: 13-21 13 When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. 14 When he disembarked and saw the vast […]
WelCom August 2020 The photo selected for WelCom’s ‘Parting Shot’ this month, was taken during Covid-19 lockdown by John Allen, of Fairlie, South Canterbury. “Uncrowd my heart, O God, until silence speaks in your still, small voice; turn me from the hearing of words, and the making of words, and the confusion of much speaking, […]
WelCom July 2020 is available in parishes and schools.
WelCom July 2020: Fr Trung Nguyen welcomed Emma Dodsworth and Thom Saywell Palmerston North has welcomed a new priest to its diocese following the ordination of Trung Nguyen at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on Saturday, 6 June. Mary Sutton delivered the welcome and described how Trung had first arrived in the Palmerston North […]
WelCom July 2020: “We may not have thought of giving thanks for this lockdown time, but maybe this is the time to give thanks and to see this as a gift from God who has given us new possibilities.” Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington, Administrator of the Diocese of Palmerston North Readers of WelCom […]
WelCom July 2020: The St Vincent de Paul (SVDP) Society has launched a National Recovery Appeal to help the increasing numbers of individuals and families struggling from the impact of Covid-19. The Appeal was launched in June and will run until December. The goal is to raise $4 million to provide people with economic, social […]
WelCom July 2020: Wharekarakia Matua o te Wairua Tapu I te Wairua o te Kotahitanga – United in the Spirit The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North – Te Rohe Pīhopa o te Papaioea. The building was opened in 1925 as St Patrick’s Church, and was […]
WelCom July 2020: Fr James Lyons After two years in a ‘cloud of unknowing’, the light is starting to break through for Wellington’s Sacred Heart Cathedral. The first stage in restoring the 120-year old spiritual home of the Archdiocese is due to commence over the next two months. An engineering report determining the cathedral would […]
WelCom July 2020: The newly formed Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College is seeking a highly qualified dean to be its Auckland-based academic face and voice. Te Kupenga is casting its net locally and internationally for its first dean, who will lead the college, established on 1 January by a merger between the two Catholic tertiary […]