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 August 2018: Since August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya people have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh. Many refugees have settled in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar in south-east Bangladesh. Though the Rohingya are now safe from persecution and being supported by organisations on the ground, they are faced with the risk of flooding from monsoon […]
WelCom August 2018: On 14 July 2018, Pope Francis appointed four cardinals as presidents delegate to the synod on youth, which will meet at the Vatican this October. Those appointed are Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon; Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana of Toamasina; Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon; and Cardinal John Ribat of […]
WelCom August 2018: ‘His Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the recent wildfires in Greece, and extends his heartfelt solidarity to all those affected by this tragedy.’ Pope Francis expressed this in the condolences he sent to the loved ones and victims of those affected by the wildfires in Greece where recent forest […]
WelCom August 2018: In this month’s article for WelCom’s Catholic Thinking series about theology, mortality, ethics and faith heritage Rev Dr John Owens sm, a lecturer in philosophy at Good Shepherd College – Te Hēpara Pai, discusses ‘reality’. Evicting Our Everyday Selves In an age of innocence, before a particular serpent had appeared in the garden, […]
WelCom August 2018: Join Wellington On A Plate’s PASSION AND COMPASSION event on Sunday 19 August, 6pm‒9pm, at Compassion Soup Kitchen, 132 Tory St, Te Aro, with an Italian-style dinner catered by Mediterranean Foods Trattoria and Deli Newtown. Line up for the first of four courses and meet the tireless volunteers and unsung heroes of the […]
WelCom August 2018: The Choir of St Mary of the Angels will celebrate Vespers for the Feast of the Assumption, 7.30pm, Wednesday 15 August, at St Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott St, Wellington. The Liturgy of about 50 minutes includes Latin psalms, Gregorian antiphons and Palestrina’s Magnificat. To follow will be a 30-minute concert of […]
WelCom August 2018: Chanel College 40-year Jubilee over weekend 14‒16 September, will celebrate the years since it was founded in 1978. Former students, parents and teachers are invited to contact the Chanel College Office or to visit the website at chanelcollege.school.nz for details. There will be entertainment, time to catch up with former classmates, teachers, family […]
WelCom July 2018: Ko Tā Te Karaiti Karanga: kia aroha, kia tūturu, kia ora Joy and Hope Resonate at Triennial Education Convention Annette Scullion Following on closely from the release of Pope Francis’ latest document Gaudete et Exultate (On the Call to Holiness) this year, the NZCEO Education Convention drew from the wellspring of the Pope’s […]
WelCom July 2018: Representatives of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) presented serious reservations over David Seymour’s ‘End of Life Choice’ bill, to the Justice Select Committee on Monday 11 June. Speaking were Bishop Charles Drennan and Dr Caroline Newson, who works in acute psychiatry medicine; and representing the Bishops’ bioethics agency, the Nathaniel Centre, […]
WelCom July 2018: ‘Our lives are actually a pilgrimage where we are’ Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington WelCom readers may be familiar with the fact that I recently completed the Portuguese Camino, a pilgrimage walk of just over 700km from the Cathedral in Lisbon, Portugal, to the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostella in Spain. I walked […]