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: People of the Diocese of Palmerston North and wider have offered their congratulations and prayers in thanksgiving to Bishop Peter Cullinane, for his 40th Anniversary of Episcopal Ordination, on Thursday, 23 April 2020. Their prayers recognised Bishop Peter’s outstanding leadership and contribution within the Diocese of Palmerston North. Bishop Peter was ordained […]
WelCom May 2020: Emma Dodsworth People of many faiths and cultures gathered for a vigil at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North, 7.30pm, Sunday 15 March, to remember the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings a year on. Guests included celebrants from Palmerston North’s Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Bahai’i and Buddhist communities, Catholic, Presbyterian […]
WelCom May 2020: St John of God Karori hosted a community event late last year to celebrate the conclusion of its $2.7m seismic strengthening and refurbishment programme. Begun in April 2019, the project involved substantial remedial works to the building foundations and several improvements to the building. Along with a dedicated gym and an improved […]
WelCom May 2020: Sue Seconi Forty parishioners from the Catholic parish of Whanganui – Te Parihi Katorika Ki Whanganui travelled to Jerusalem along the banks of the Whanganui River on Sunday 15 March 2020. They journeyed to mark 25 years since the Rosary Way was established in the grounds of St Joseph’s Church at Hirihārama-Jerusalem. […]
WelCom May 2020: Margaret Percy Internationally renowned organist Christopher Hainsworth revisited his friends in Havelock North and presented a programme of organ solos on Sunday 8 March 2020 to an appreciative audience at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Chris grew up in Wellington and studied the organ under Ernest Jamieson and Maxwell Fernie. He […]
WelCom May 2020: ‘From time to time, parishioners may be prompted to think about their estate planning and the need to write or amend their Last Will and Testament,’ says Jean Sloan, Director of the Archdiocese of Wellington’s Office of Charitable Giving – Te Tari Tākoha. ‘Many people wish to express the importance of their […]
WelCom May 2020: Fourth Sunday of Easter – John 10: 1-10Good Shepherd Sunday 1Jesus said: ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. 2But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens […]
WelCom May 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, continues his six-part series for WelCom. Thinking beyond the box: Christians and Other People Repeat anything often enough and not only will people believe it […]
Due to Covid-19, WelCom is currently not being printed or distributed to parishes and schools. The April 2020 issue of WelCom is available online here.
WelCom April 2020: Resurrection and reconciliation – the magnificent Risen Christ and stunning blue stained-glass panels in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Chapel in Berlin. The original Romanesque-style church was bombed in an air raid in 1943. Due to public pressure, the scorched spire of the old church has been left untouched and now sits alongside a […]