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 March 2020: Sue Seconi The Catholic Parish of Hastings – Te Parihi Katorika ki Heretaunga welcomed new parish priest Fr Marcus Francis and Fr Anthony Htun on Sunday 2 February 2020. There was a sense of homecoming for Fr Marcus as he grew up in Hawke’s Bay, and it was special for him to have […]
WelCom March 2020: Shirley Duthie Vincent Maire, spiritual care coordinator at Harbour Hospice, Red Beach, believes the practice of Christian meditation enables the carer to be more present and able to use stillness and silence to support people through times of distress and suffering. Vincent was among a group of leading healthcare professionals who presented at […]
WelCom March 2020: St Vincent de Paul presented certificates and celebratory crucifixes to a several members of the St Joseph’s Conference in Dannevirke who have served the poor and their community for 15 years or more. The crucifixes, presented last year, are beautiful works of art and include scenes that depict different works of charity undertaken […]
WelCom March 2020: Margaret Bourke The Catholic Parish of the Wairarapa held a special ceremony on Sunday 6 October last year, dedicating the parish to Mary under the title of ‘Our Lady of Compassion’. The ceremony was celebrated with a combined Mass at St Patrick’s Church, Masterton. Representatives from St Anthony’s, St Teresa’s, Sacred Heart, St […]
WelCom March 2020: Archdiocese of Wellington St Patrick’s College, Wellington Chanel College, Masterton St Mary’s College, Wellington Bishop Viard College, Porirua Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt St Bernard’s College, Lower Hutt St Patrick’s College, Silverstream St Catherine’s College, Wellington Garin College, Nelson Diocese of Palmerston North Cullinane College, Whanganui St Peter’s College, Palmerston North Francis Douglas […]
WelCom March 2020: Te Aroha Junior Block, St Anthony’s School, Seatoun On a sunny evening last December, Cardinal John Dew officially opened, named and blessed the renovated junior classroom block at St Anthony’s School, Seatoun. A karanga welcomed Cardinal John, dignitaries, Board of Trustees, staff, students, guests, and whānau. Students showcased song, poetry and music, with […]
WelCom March 2020: The National Centre for Religious Studies has produced a new framing document for Catholic Schools and the wider Aotearoa Catholic community on human sexuality education. Published last December, it is titled He Anga Whakamārama – Te Mātauranga Hōkakatanga: He puka ārahi mā ngā hapori Katorika o Aotearoa (Framing Document – Human Sexuality Education: […]
WelCom March 2020: At ninety years of age, Josephite Sister Josepha O’Connor looks back on six years of teaching literacy at Whanganui men’s prison. The prison gates clanged behind me for the last time. Usually people coming through this gate for the last time are over the moon with happiness. Not I today. I am sombre? […]
WelCom March 2020: Elizabeth Julian rsm On 8 March we celebrate International Women’s Day; and on 25 March the Feast of the Annunciation. Both fall during Lent, traditionally a time for making the Stations of the Cross. Can we connect the three? International Women’s Day, begun by the United Nations in 1975, recalls women’s social, economic, […]
WelCom March 2020: Cardinal Tom Williams was ordained a priest on 20 December 1959 and a bishop in 1979. In 2019, Cardinal Tom reached a milestone, his 60th jubilee celebrating six decades of his ordination. He delivered the following jubilee homily in Wellington and Auckland last December. As an active bishop for twenty-five years I was […]