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).
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News and Views | He Pitopito Kōrero me ngā Tirohanga a Rohe Pīhopa A joint group of rural Catholics, Anglicans and Union parish people from the International Rural Churches Association, invited ‘anyone with a rural heart’ to the ninth Trans-Tasman Ecumenical Rural Ministry Consultation (TT2016) held in the Wairarapa 16‒19 […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Reflections | He Whaiwhakaaro Br Kieran Fenn fms presents the second of his three-part series on Mary in Culture as a contemporary form of Scriptural analysis. Mary and Mediterranean values With the Emperor Constantine’s adoption of Christianity as a legal Roman religion, Christians felt an urgent need to clarify their ideas […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Health and Safety | He Hauora In his series on safety advice for parishes, Stephen Harrison, Manager Assets and Risks, Archdiocese of Wellington, this month outlines parish responsibilities around tree hazards. Tree hazards Trees provide significant benefits to our churches and homes by way of foliage, shade, aesthetics and so on. […]
Events | He Pānui Friday 1 July Soup Kitchen annual Street Appeal with activities across the city between 7am–5pm. Friday 1 July Soup Kitchen Sound Bites fundraising concert, St Joseph’s Church, 154‒156 Brougham Street, Mt Victoria. Starts 6.30pm for concert at 7pm. Tickets $20 waged, $5 unwaged. Friday 8‒Sunday 10 July Vocations retreat […]
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June 2016 For the fourth consecutive year St Catherine’s College Wellington has won the highly-prized O’Shea Shield at the annual speech and drama competition for Catholic Colleges’ of the Wellington and Palmerston North Dioceses. Fellow Kilbirnie school, St Patrick’s College Wellington, were runners up. The competition was hosted by Sacred Heart Girls’ College in New […]
June 2016 Story and photos by Annette Scullion Bishop Viard College’s long awaited event centre and gymnasium was officially opened and blessed by Cardinal John Dew on 2 May. The Porirua Catholic college caters for around 350 students from a wealth of cultures and diversity. A powhiri welcomed local Catholic schools, local priests, the Board […]
June 2016 Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand and Christian Social Services, the umbrella organisation of churches’ social-service agencies in Aotearoa New Zealand, including Catholic Social Services, say the 2016 Budget response to affordable housing is inadequate. No bricks and mortar in Budget’s new housing spend Crispin Anderlini, Caritas Aotearoa NZ Despite Budget 2016 taking small steps to […]
June 2016 Crispin Anderlini, Caritas Aotearoa NZ Launching the Benefit Impact at St Joseph’s Church in Upper Hutt last month with a Mass, Cardinal John Dew illustrated the importance of this Archdiocesan Jubilee of Mercy project to help those on a benefit. Run from 10–13 May at the parish and organised by Wellington Catholic Social Services, […]
June 2016 ‘A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.’ Proverbs 29:7 ‘…I was a stranger and you invited me in…’ Matthew 25:35 Pope Francis reminds us that mercy is the very foundation of the Church’s life. ‘All of her pastoral activity should be caught up […]