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 July 2019: For more recent information about Seasons for Growth please go to https://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/about/catholic-social-services/seasons-for-growth/ or https://wn-catholicsocialservices.org.nz/Seasons%20for%20Growth. David Olivier, Director Catholic Social Services Many in our community suffer loss and grief in different forms, which often take time to heal and, in some cases, do not quite heal. For young people of school-going age, when a family […]
WelCom July 2019: Marlene Richards My involvement with St Vincent de Paul, through our parish of The Holy Spirit Te Wairua Tapu, Lower Hutt, and my various charity works, prompted me to arrange a visit to two charities while holidaying [with husband Mike] in India during Lent this year. Our Lenten intention was ‘help in anyway […]
WelCom July 2019: ‘I believe Mother Aubert was no social worker, but rather a Jesus worker,’ Fr Nathaniel Brazil said in his homily at midday Mass celebrating her birth date on 19 June 2019. Parishioners were involved in the ministries and Mass concluded with Fr Chris Skinner’s song With our Mother Suzanne and a reading of […]
WelCom July 2019: Emma Dodsworth Close to 100 of Lynette Roberts-King’s family members, friends and work colleagues gathered in Palmerston North on May 10, 2019, to farewell her as manager of the Diocese’s Catholic Education Office. Celebrations included Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit followed by lunch and shared stories about Lynette’s 18 years […]
WelCom July 2019: The Parish of Patea and Waverley serves the Catholic communities of these two South Taranaki rural towns and their surrounding farming areas. To the North are Mt Taranaki, Mt Ruapehu and Tongariro and to the South is the rocky coastline and long, black sandy beaches of the Tasman Sea. Patea, the third-largest town […]
WelCom July 2019: The weeks around Catholic Schools’ Day, 28 May 2019, World Environment Day, 5 June, and World Oceans Day, 8 June, saw Catholic students in our two dioceses responding to Pope Francis’ call to care for the earth and care for the poor; and to celebrate who we are as Catholics. Cardinal John Dew […]
WelCom July 2019: The Catholic Enquiry Centre has launched a video competition calling on students to share the stories of ‘saints’ in their lives. ‘Saints Next Door’ is open to young people of all faiths and denominations. In 2018, Pope Francis shared a letter about saints. He explained saints needn’t be mystical people from the past […]
WelCom July 2019: In our Catholic Thinking series, this month Prof Anne Tuohy of The Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand, Te Pūtahi Katorika ki Aotearoa, discusses Justice. Biblical Justice The recent shootings in Christchurch have required New Zealanders to face the shocking reality of violence against innocents on an unprecedented scale. Sadly, our society is […]
WelCom July 2019: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Luke 10:1-9 At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, ‘The harvest is abundant but the labourers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to […]
WelCom July 2019: The Scripture-based and Catholic-focused website, reported in June 2019 WelCom, is www.theword.nz