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 March 2017: National News Lisa Beech ‘Kaikōura social services are anticipating significant hardship over the coming winter’, Te Tai o Marokura social services manager Riria Allen told the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee in support of the Archdiocese of Wellington’s submission on the government’s 2017 Budget policy statement. Speaking to the select committee by phone […]
WelCom March 2017: International News ‘Ashamed. Humiliated. A kick in the guts.’ They’re some of the words Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher op used to describe his reaction to the extent of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church [in Australia], reported Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, after The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released figures […]
WelCom March 2017: Focus on Young People and Faith: Synod of Bishops 2018 Chris Duthie-Jung With the dust still settling from the stirring appeal of Pope Francis in Amoris Laetitia – The Joy of Love, excitement is once again building over what the next Synod of Bishops in Rome will recommend. About every three years the […]
WelCom March 2017: Reflections Dr Elizabeth Julian rsm Last month in an article in WelCom on the liturgical calendar I pointed out this year is Year A of the Liturgical Cycle and that we are following the Gospel of Matthew on Sundays during Ordinary Time. I suggested two short videos on YouTube provide an excellent way […]
WelCom March 2017: Reflections This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, which brought the Catholic Church into deep conflict and schisms. Kieran Fenn fms continues his series on Mary and the Reformation in which he explores some of the key reformers of the sixteenth century. This is the first part about Ulrich Zwingli. […]
WelCom March 2017: Reflections Parishioner of The Immaculate Conception Parish Stratford and retired Taranaki dairy farmer, Tom Gibson, reflects on this Sunday’s Gospel. Matthew 4:1-11 1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the desert to be put to the test by the devil. 2 He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after […]
WelCom February 2017: News Annette Scullion Danny Karatea-Goddard of Maniapoto, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whatua, has been appointed the Tūranga Māori in the Archdiocese of Wellington, Cardinal John Dew announced on 25 January this year. Danny will be officially welcomed to the Archdiocese with a pōwhiri on Monday 27 February, at the Cathedral of the Sacred […]
WelCom February 2017: Diocesan News and Views Bishop Charles Drennan stirs the political pot Keep religion out of politics. As a catch-cry it is nonsensical. Religions and faith have always been in the politics game and vice versa. The Sanhedrin, the body which oversaw the trial of Jesus, was political. And civic institutions which support and […]
WelCom February 2017: Feature WelCom brings stories and news about and from the Catholic communities that make up the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North. In this issue we begin a faith journey to visit each of the many pastoral areas and parishes that form the two dioceses, to learn more of their […]
WelCom February 2017: ‘So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead’ Luke 24:46 Ash Wednesday 1 March: Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday. It is a season of penance, reflection, fasting and prayer. Palm […]