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).
August 2016 News Simone Olsen, NZ Catholic Bishops A new Rite of Blessing for expectant parents and their child in the womb has been created in both Māori and English. The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference are offering a new publication Ko Te Ritenga Whakapai I Ngā Mātua Me Tā Rāua Tamaiti Kei Roto Tonu I […]
August 2016 News From Missionaries of the Charity Sisters, Porirua The little community of four sisters of the Missionaries in Porirua are overjoyed at the news that their Foundress and Mother, Teresa of Calcutta, will be canonised in Rome on September 4 this year, by His Holiness, Pope Francis. It was the Holy Father’s desire […]
August 2016 News Annette Scullion Catholic Women’s League New Zealand ‘At Home Appeal’ charity is to support the Sophie Elliot Foundation for the year ahead, announced national president Kay Blackmore at the CWLNZ biennial conference in Christchurch, 20–23 July. CWLNZ established its ‘At Home Appeal’ in the late 1980s to support a national organisation each […]
August 2016 Diocesan News Annette Scullion WelCom reported in April about an elderly man who died alone in his Wellington apartment, unknown and apparently unwanted. Now James is ‘home’. As part of a reflection on the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council had discussed this sad situation in March in relation […]
August 2016 Diocesan News Monsignor Gerard Burns They say humans are the only animals that can make promises. I think that’s true: promises to keep a secret, marriage vows, religious vows, baptismal promises, legal contracts, and so on. The Marist family has just been celebrating 200 years since a small group in Lyon made a […]
August 2016 Diocesan News Annette Scullion Maureen Phillips, St Paul’s Catholic School Principal After five stimulating years as Religious Education Adviser for primary schools in the Wellington Archdiocese, Maureen Phillips is returning ‘home’ to Nelson as principal for St Paul’s Catholic School in Richmond. She says she has been greatly looking forward to taking up […]
August 2016 Youth, Schools, Education Crispin Anderlini, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand The low thud of bombs striking other neighbourhoods on one side of a Skype call, and the rustling of wind in the trees on the other, was the catalyst for Naia Alkhouri, student at St Francis de Sales School, Island Bay, to write her prize-winning […]
August 2016 Te Tau Tapu o te Atawhai – He whakakākahu i te hunga kore kākahu ‘I was lacking clothes and you clothed me…’ Matthew 25:36 ‘He does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment. Ezekiel […]
August 2016 Diocesan News ‘Many are finding it difficult to access the assistance available to them at Work and Income,’ Wellington Catholic Social Services Director Lesley Hooper recently told a Select Committee considering the Social Security Legislation Rewrite Bill. ‘In all the decisions you are making about this legislation, we ask that you consider: Is […]
August 2016 Diocesan News Shane Olsen ‘Jesus came into the world homeless and poor. The Church wants to embrace everyone, and say that everyone has a right to have a roof over them.’ —Pope Francis For the past 18 months, the Wellington Justice, Peace and Development (JPD) Commission have been advocating for better housing throughout […]