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 October 2017: Dear Prime Minister I write this following New Zealand’s general election. At this stage, it is not certain who you are going to be – literally and figuratively. This letter is about what I want you to be as our Prime Minister. I write this letter as a Catholic voter. But don’t categorise […]
WelCom December 2017: Following New Zealand’s 2017 general election on Saturday 23 September 2017, WelCom’s editorial team published a letter in our October edition to the Prime Minister about our hopes for this country’s future, from a Catholic voter’s point of view. At that time we didn’t know who the incoming Prime Minister was. After her […]
WelCom December 2017: Auckland | 2-3 December 2017 Annette Scullion The Aotearoa Catholic Youth Festival takes place over the weekend of 2‒3 December 2017 with the theme ‘Face to Face – Kanohi ki te Kanohi’. The festival is being hosted by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference at St Mary’s College, Auckland. Over 500 youth aged […]
WelCom December 2017: India 6.20am and I’ve just glanced at my emails. Mercifully few, but one is my prompt to write this column with a reminder that the World Day of the Poor [19 November] is on the horizon. Poverty, part of every culture and nation, takes many forms. Certainly where I am now, poverty of housing […]
WelCom December 2017: Cardinal John Dew Throughout this year, in my Confirmation homily I have been preaching about a magnificent short YouTube clip of some people saying ‘thank you’ to Michelle Obama. Six people were given the opportunity to tell her what she had meant to them during her eight years as First Lady of the […]
WelCom December 2017: During the four weeks of Advent, we prepare for the celebration of Christ’s birth through prayer and reflection and we look for practical ways to observe the holiness of the season in our everyday lives. I ngā wiki e whā o te Aweneti, mā te karakia me te whakaaroaro ka whakariterite tātou i […]
WelCom December 2017: NOËL A Celebration of Christmas Join us for an evening of beautiful music by Gerald Finzi, Matthew Martin, Erik Ešenwalds and others with the Choirs and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Cathedral. Wednesday 6 December, 7pm Metropolitan Cathedral, Hill Street, Thorndon $30/$20 Concession | Door Sales Available. For online ticketing visit eventbrite.co.nz Metropolitan Cathedral […]
WelCom December 2017: On November 4, 2017, we celebrated the centenary of the Missionary Society of St Columban as well as the blessing of our new Columban chapel, office and residences in Lower Hutt. The centre for the Columban Mission in New Zealand, our premises have been reconstructed and refurbished over a two-year project. For the […]
WelCom December 2017: Fr Andrew Kim ‘A community of joyful disciples growing together and sharing Christ’s message’. On Sunday October 29, Cardinal John Dew together with members of the five church communities of Takaka, Motueka, Waimea West, Wakefield, and Richmond gathered as one parish family at St Peter Chanel Church in Motueka. They came to celebrate […]
WelCom December 2017: Nearly 200 people – many who had travelled from various parts of the country – attended a ‘dual’ foundation celebration at St Joseph’s in Picton on Saturday 4 November. The event marked 100 years since the foundation stone was laid for St Joseph’s Church and 153 years of Catholic Education at St Joseph’s […]