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 May 2020: DCM is finding new ways of working with the homeless in Wellington during the Covid-19 crisis. As an agency with a very high level of face-to-face engagement, there was an urgent need to quickly reduce physical interactions. A key strategy has been to supply phones to the homeless so DCM can keep […]
WelCom May 2020: Michael Fletcher While in lockdown the choirs at the Metropolitan Cathedral, Wellington, have been meeting regularly via Zoom to rehearse and have been kept busy working on recordings from home. This work enabled our annual tradition of a sung gospel on Palm Sunday to stay alive as well as providing a continuation […]
WelCom May 2020: Tim Gordon Over Holy Week and the Easter period St Francis of Assisi Ohariu have provided our parishioners with an on-line Liturgy with links to streaming Masses, embedded scripture reflections, children’s activities, quizzes and prayers. Our challenge to update the parish roll with current email addresses – fortunately had begun in the […]
WelCom May 2020: Lisa Beech Support to overcome language barriers is one of the ways Wellington Catholic Social Services (CSS) are helping vulnerable and isolated former refugees during lockdown. Families and single people who have been settled in New Zealand as former refugees make up around half the CSS social work caseload, and social workers […]
WelCom May 2020: The aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic will be an opportunity to practice mercy toward the poor and those who are suffering, says Pope Francis. The Pope was speaking at a live-streamed Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday, the second Sunday of the Easter season. Noting that much of the world is preparing for […]
WelCom May 2020: Human value is not a measure of ‘our mental or physical capacity, our societal function, our age, our health or of any other qualitative assessment,’ said the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales in a statement about accessing healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic. As at 27 April, more than 21,000 people […]
WelCom May 2020: Cardinal George Pell has been freed from prison after Australia’s highest court quashed his convictions for child sexual abuse. Cardinal Pell was convicted by a jury of abusing two 13-year-old boys at St Patrick’s Cathedral in the late 1990s when he was archbishop of Melbourne. In March 2019, he was given a […]
WelCom May 2020: The social distancing measures imposed on most of the world’s population during the coronavirus pandemic have not only prevented Catholics from going in person to celebrate the Mass, but have also largely put a stop to the practice of confession. This new reality, especially serious for those suffering from the virus or […]
WelCom May 2020: 54th World Communications Day The Vatican and many dioceses mark World Communication Day on the Sunday before Pentecost, this year being 24 May. For his 2020 message, Pope Francis has chosen the theme, ‘So that you can tell your children and grandchildren. Life creates history.’ The passage, based on the Book of […]
WelCom May 2020: Common Action need to protect our garden home Humanity has failed to take care of the earth and its inhabitants, sinning against God and his gift of creation, Pope Francis said during his livestreamed weekly general audience, 22 April 2020. Celebrating the 50th Earth Day, the Pope called on us all to […]