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 April 2018: David Loving-Molloy Seventy-five years after the Dominican Sisters first began their involvement with the Deaf Community in Wellington, members of the Palmerston North Diocese fare-welled the Dominican Sisters from their diocese at a gathering on Sunday 18 February. The Sisters’ 75 years of commitment to a specialised ministry in the Church is a […]
WelCom April 2018: Julianne Hickey This year, during Lent, we reflected on ‘journeying together’, as we contemplated the transformative nature of our relationships with God and with one another. We thank everyone who has joined us in prayer, reflection, almsgiving, and fasting. By joining us in this Lenten journey, together we are able to demonstrate Christ’s […]
WelCom April 2018: The theme for this year’s Caritas SINGout4JUSTICE song-writing competition is: ‘Love more. Be more.’ It is easy to get caught up in pursuit of material success. Christ reminds us the purpose of life is not ‘getting’ and ‘having’, but ‘loving’ and ‘being’; being who we are called to be and reaching out to […]
WelCom April 2018: The First Anniversary of the death of much-loved Fr Pat McCullough was on Wednesday, 14 March. Masses were celebrated in the Francis of Assisi Chapel, Nelson, and at St Michael’s Church, Taita, for the ‘Happy Repose of his Soul’. Eileen McParland Parishioners and friends and relatives from Ireland gathered on Wednesday 14 March, […]
WelCom April 2018: Maggie Johnson It’s 800 years since the Order of Preachers was founded to follow in the footsteps of St Dominic. A year ago, the Dominican Family in Aotearoa-New Zealand celebrated the end of a year of Jubilee. One year later, some 80 junior school children at St Brigid’s in Johnsonville listened with excitement […]
WelCom April 2018: Sarah Richards This Easter, Bible Society New Zealand is giving away 100,000 copies of The Super Cool Story of Jesus. They want to tell the message of who Jesus is to children nationwide. ‘This opportunity could have a remarkable impact on thousands of Kiwi children in 2018,’ says BSNZ Programme Director Stephen Opie. […]
WelCom April 2018: Tara Quinney Seven senior leaders from Chanel College, Masterton, attended this year’s annual Marist Student Leaders’ Forum in Christchurch, 22‒25 February. They joined 36 senior leaders from nine other Catholic secondary schools with a Marist Brothers’ charism. The forum, in its 12th year, is led by Marist Champagnat partnership co-ordinator Dan Dungey and […]
WelCom April 2018: The Catholic Church needs the enthusiasm, daring and hope of young people so it can preach the Gospel energetically and respond to the questions men and women raise today, Pope Francis told some 300 young adults, on 19 March. He was opening a week-long meeting in preparation for the Synod of Bishops on […]
WelCom April 2018: Chris Duthie After a year of trialling how to encourage active faith in parents of young children in Te Awakairangi Parish, Lower Hutt, the Family and Young Church Vicariate now invites Catholic primary schools throughout the Archdiocese to get in touch if they would like to begin shaping something similar in their own […]
WelCom April 2018: Mark Richards What does it fundamentally mean for us to say ‘Yes to Christ’ this Easter and to have spent these last 40 days preparing to do so? During the past three weeks in Rome, I have been on retreat. The preacher was an Augustinian. Every session opened and closed with ‘Augustine said […]