Waipukurau Confirmations
WelCom October 2018:
Welcom Archive 2007-2026
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).
Papal Letter to “the People of God”
WelCom September 2018: For the first time, Pope Francis has written a letter to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics about sexual abuse. Past letters on sexual abuse scandals have been addressed to bishops and faithful of individual countries. In his letter, Pope Francis has responded to widespread revelations of clerical sexual abuse of 1000 children and […]
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2018 – Māori Language Week 2018
WelCom September 2018: Māori Language Week, te Wiki o te Reo Māori, promotes the use of Māori language, one of the three official national languages of this country – Māori, English and New Zealand Sign Language. The dates for 2018 Māori Language Week are September 10–16 with the theme ‘Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori’. The Catholic […]
Enabling Communities: Everyone has a part to play
WelCom September 2018: SOCIAL JUSTICE WEEK 9-15 SEPTEMBER 2018 Every year the Catholic Bishops of New Zealand set aside a week in September for Social Justice Week, inviting us to reflect and take action on a current social justice issue. This year, 9‒15 September, we focus on disability and participation. How can we encourage more enabling communities, […]
Missionaries – ‘extreme sports version of vocation’
WelCom September 2018: Bishop Charles Drennan, Bishop of Palmerston North When I was a child, the Sisters at my primary school often talked about ‘the missions’. The term was shrouded a little in mystery but as primary school pupils we were told stories of priests and Sisters working in far off exotic lands doing great things to […]
A message from Cardinal John in Ireland
WelCom September 2018: His Holiness Pope Francis hosted the World Meeting of Families 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. The guiding theme was: ‘The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World’. Held every three years, this major international event brings together families from across the world to celebrate, pray and reflect on the central importance of marriage […]
Response to Papal Letter
WelCom September 2018: Monsignor Gerard Burns, Vicar General Archdiocese of Wellington In the face of the shocking revelations about clerical sexual abuse of children and young people in different parts of the world – Pennsylvania, Chile, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand – many of us are feeling dismayed, disgusted and angry. That this abuse has been perpetrated at […]
World Meeting of Families 2018, Ireland
WelCom September 2018: ‘God wants every family to be a beacon of the joy of his love in our world.’ – Pope Francis, Festival of Families, Ireland, August 2018 In the first major address of his apostolic visit to Ireland to commemorate the 2018 World Meeting of Families, Pope Francis, on 25 August, acknowledged the harm […]
‘For You Too’ – ‘We are all called to be holy…’
WelCom September 2018: Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington ‘For You Too’ – these words are from Gaudete et Exsultate, the document Pope Francis wrote earlier this year ‘On the Call to holiness in Today’s World’. When the Pope uses those words ‘For You Too’ in the first chapter of this document known as an Apostolic Exhortation, […]
A memorable occasion
WelCom September 2018: Fr Tom Rouse Missionary Society of St Columban celebrates Centennial Mass On Friday July 27, at 6.30pm, we celebrated the Columban centenary Mass at Ss Peter and Paul Church, Lower Hutt. Many people turned up for the occasion including over 40 priests who had come from various places around New Zealand. Among the […]