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).
May 2016 Spirituality in Healthcare Sande Ramage In this Year of Mercy, many Christians may be re-energising their pastoral skills to respond to the call to visit the sick. But do the sick want to be visited by religious folk if they don’t any longer connect with a particular religious tradition; and what outcome ought […]
May 2016 International John Kleinsman Growth in the numbers of people affected by the Zika virus, spread predominantly by mosquitos, has been described as an ‘explosive pandemic’. While relatively harmless for most people, the virus is now strongly suspected – though not yet definitively proven – of being linked to a serious fetal malformation known […]
May 2016 Reflections Kieran Fenn In drawing this series about Mary to a conclusion there are a number of pointers to be made. An over-riding one is it makes no sense to use Mary as a cover for defective notions of God, Christ or the Spirit. The female imagery, which belongs to Mary as a […]
May 2016 Reflections Joe Green The Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of St James, or Route of Santiago de Compostela, and the Road to Santiago, is the name of the pilgrimage routes or ‘ways’ to the shrine of the apostle St James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in […]
May 2016 Book review: An Inner Music Neil Vaney sm When well-known Marist priest, writer, respected scholar and theologian Fr Craig Larkin sm died last year after coming back from Rome he left texts of books he was working on. One on spirituality through the ages, called An Inner Music, has just come from the […]
May 2016 Book Launch: Living in the Planet Earth Catherine Gibbs, TCI Planet Earth is our only home but our attitudes are driving its destruction. Urgent ecological issues call for action at all levels of our society. Particularly valuable is community action, which includes faith communities – those who share the common bond of a […]
April 2016 Diocesan News The Sisters of Compassion have developed a number of exciting new resources to promote and celebrate the spirituality and good works of Suzanne Aubert. The resources will be launched at the Suzanne Aubert Spirituality Centre in 2 Rhine Street, Island Bay on Wednesday, 20 April 2016 at 5.30pm. Sr Margaret […]
April 2016 Diocesan News Justin du Fresne, Parish Council Chair On Friday February 26, Cardinal John Dew returned to the Milne Drive Paraparaumu property of Our Lady of Kapiti Parish. It was just a day short of 17 months since he had previously visited the site to see first-hand the proposed home of a relocated St […]
April 2016 Diocesan News Frances O’Leary On the morning of Sunday 13 March, some 550 people joined for the Inauguration Mass for the Holy Family Parish, Nelson and Stoke. The Mass marked the amalgamation of the former parishes of St Mary’s, Nelson, and St Francis of Assisi, Stoke. Cardinal John Dew celebrated the Mass, during […]
April 2016 Diocesan News Joan McFetridge At the Parish of Wellington South inaugural Mass, Cardinal John Dew commissioned Joe Green as the new Lay Pastoral Leader who will minister with the parish leadership team. The team consists of Joe, Fr David Dowling and Fr Dennis Nacorda. The Eucharistic celebration and commissioning ceremony were filled with […]