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: Dozens of refugees who have spent years in Australia’s offshore processing regime have been flown to the United States for resettlement, despite Covid-19 travel restrictions. Transfers from Papua New Guinea and Australian immigration detention centres under the US resettlement programme are continuing as the US struggles to contain the pandemic that has […]
WelCom June 2020: This year, the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) annual Day of the Seafarer will be marking its 10th annual anniversary on 25 June. The 2020 campaign theme is ‘Seafarers are Key Workers’. IMO says seafarers are on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic, maintaining the flow of vital goods such as food, medicines […]
WelCom June 2020: Pope Francis Prayer Intention During the month of June 2020 Pope Francis’ Universal Prayer Intention for Evangelisation is: The Way of the Heart – We pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus. God’s Heart a Pledge of […]
WelCom June 2020: Professor Thomas O’Loughlin, Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Arundel and Brighton on England’s south coast, concludes his six-part series for WelCom. Theology: moving from DISCORD to DISCOURSE in religion Go into a shopping mall and ask people about ‘religion’ and […]
WelCom June 2020: First Sunday after Pentecost – Trinity SundayJohn 3:16-18 16God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world […]
WelCom June 2020: Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost, this year, Sunday 7 June. It celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity – the three divine persons of One God: as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Trinity – God in a Bubble? James B Lyons What is the worst thing that could […]
WelCom June 2020: Karen Saunders Hutt Valley CWL Branches hosted the Archdiocese Catholic Women’s League 75th conference on 16 March this year. Held at the Upper Bowling Club, the conference took place just days before the Covid-19 lockdown began, enabling members to share and enjoy much-valued camaraderie. Cardinal John Dew opened and blessed the conference. […]
WelCom June 2020: Sarah Dench Christian Life Community (CLC) is an international movement of lay people who follow the spirituality of St Ignatius of Loyola. CLC of Wellington was one of the many missionary groups who enthusiastically took part in the Archdiocese’s Mission Expo 2020 held at Bishop Viard College, Porirua, on 14 March. Visitors […]
WelCom June 2020: Isabella McCafferty, Diocese of Palmerston North Pope Francis has shared his vision for the Covid-19 aftermath in a reflection called: A plan for the rising up again. He said ‘an emergency like Covid-19 is overcome in the first place by the antibodies of solidarity.’ This has been our response in the Diocese […]
WelCom June 2020: This month’s parting shot is from Mike Fitzsimons and was taken on his trek up the Kepler Track last November – a 60km circular hiking track, near Te Anau, Fiordland. “The way we are living, timorous or bold, will have been our life.” – Seamus Heaney If you have a photograph with […]