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).
April 2016 Diocesan News Paul Elenio The new Parish of Wellington South was launched during a celebration that lived up to our new vision: ‘We are a community of joyful disciples, growing together and sharing Christ’s message’. Cardinal John Dew celebrated the inaugural Mass at St Patrick’s College, Kilbirnie, along with parish priest Fr David […]
Apri 2016 Features Bill Kilgallon Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has once again been grabbing the media this year. The film Spotlight has won wide acclaim and an impressive range of awards. It tells the true story of how the Boston Globe newspaper uncovered the extent of sexual abuse by clergy in the Archdiocese […]
April 2016 A forgotten man Annette Scullion In early March, the body of an elderly man was found in his apartment, two blocks from Wellington’s Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. Police estimated he may have died two months previously. Attempts to find next of kin failed. There was no one to claim the body. […]
April 2016 Feature Is it enough to drift along with prevailing views, whether secular or religious? Do we need to sharpen our responses to them both? Emeritus Bishop Peter Cullinane DD explores these questions. Both religion and secularism should expect to have to account for themselves. Neither should be accepted unthinkingly and uncritically. This essay […]
April 2016 Catherine Gibbs, TCI Pope Francis has called us ‘to imagine with freshness who we are as God’s people…for adults this is particularly important if we are to contribute effectively to the sacred duty to pass on our faith to the next generation’. The Catholic Education of School-Age Children’ NZCBC: 2014; p2. How do […]
April 2016 Diocesan News Annette Scullion Music and choral director for Wellington’s Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Michael Fletcher, is taking a two-month sabbatical from July to September this year. He will visit UK and Paris to learn first-hand about their Cathedral choirs, repertoires and school music programmes. Michael will attend the international summer school […]
April 2016 Profile Mike Martin The Catholic Parish of Hastings recently honoured one of its best-loved identities on the occasion of his 100th birthday, with a morning tea after 10am Sunday Mass. Jim was born in Hastings, February 1916, the youngest of three siblings. His father died when Jim was only a year old. He […]
April 2016 ANZAC Day Reflections Many New Zealanders observe ANZAC Day on April 25, which commemorates the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) at Gallipoli, Turkey, during World War I in 1915. This event remembers all New Zealanders who served their country in wars and conflicts. One hundred years on since […]
April 2016 Reflection Cardinal John Dew Today, 3 April, the Second Sunday of Easter, is also Divine Mercy Sunday. ‘The pages of the Old Testament are steeped in mercy, because they narrate the works the Lord performed in favour of his people at the most trying moments in their history’, Pope Francis reminds us in his […]
April 2016 Holy Reflections Fr James Lyons Mary Magdalen’s intention in approaching the tomb after the Sabbath was to grieve the loss of Jesus. The energy and commitment she’d given to the cause of Jesus’ mission had drained from her. She came to weep among the dead. She had no expectation of finding life. When Peter […]