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 June 2020: Ko te Mātauranga Katorika i te Wā o Here Mate Urutā-19 Catholic Education leaders and their teachers and support staff have ensured school and tertiary programmes and pastoral outreach continued with the least amount of interruption for students possible during the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. College principals from Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses […]
WelCom June 2020: Palmerston North Diocese priest and theologian, Joe Grayland, offers an opinion about the place of ‘Electronic Eucharist’ within the liturgy. Virtual Mass and post-Vatican II liturgical reform A vast amount of material was produced during the liturgical lockdown. Many of the ‘liturgical responses’ have been creative, some enlightened and some abuse of […]
WelCom June 2020: Dr John Kleinsman, Director of the New Zealand, Catholic Bioethics Centre It is generally accepted that a Covid-19 vaccine provides the best possibility of an ‘exit strategy’ from the pandemic. Many companies around the world are currently working to produce such a vaccine. Human vaccines are typically developed using cell cultures developed […]
WelCom June 2020: Florence Nightingale is a role model for all people seeking to minister to their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic, say the New Zealand Faith Community Nurses Association (NZFCNA). 2020 has been designated by the World Health Organisation as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife in honour of the 200th birth […]
WelCom June 2020: Will the hum drum of before,deafen the call to freedom and life?All we have seen,all we know and understand,what will it take to wake up and change,from plunder, slavery, division, squander and harm? The earth has sent a message.A subtle nudge to say change.Does the earth need to shout, to explode with full […]
WelCom June 2020: The following is a statement from Catherine Fyfe, chair, Te Rōpū Tautoko, 22 May 2020. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care is planning to restart its public hearings later in 2020. These hearings have been delayed by the Covid-19 restrictions. The first hearing, delayed from March this year, will […]
WelCom June 2020: Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand announced the winners and finalists of its inaugural 2020 Kaitiaki2Share creative competition during Laudato Si’ Week in May. Kaitiaki2Share encourages New Zealand students of all ages to consider how we can care for all creation, both people and the environment. Students were asked to send in a creative […]
WelCom June 2020: WelCom’s Hīkoi of Faith this month journeys to The Parish of New Plymouth – Te Pārihi Katorika Ki Ngāmotu. The parish encompasses St Joseph’s Church and St Joseph’s School, Our Lady Help of Christians’ Church and St John Bosco School, Bell Block Centre, St Patrick’s Church, Okato, St Pius X School, Sacred […]
WelCom June 2020: Where is your brother and sister? The Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants takes place in New Zealand this year on Sunday, June 21. The resources created by Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand for 2020, focus on the issue of migrant exploitation with the theme Where is your brother or sister? The […]
WelCom June 2020: Cardinal Mario Zenari, Vatican ambassador to Syria, has urged the international community not to forget the country during the Covid-19 pandemic, and appealed for the international community to help Syrian refugees. In a video message shown at the May 20 presentation of last year’s report of the Jesuit Refugee Service’s Centro Astalli, […]