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 2015 Opinion Cardinal John Dew On Friday 6 March 2015 Sacred Heart Cathedral was filled with people excited to welcome home Cardinal John from Rome. The Liturgical reception was an opportunity for people to celebrate Cardinal John’s new responsibility, to acknowledge his decades of ministry and leadership, and to pray the Prayer of the […]
April 2015 Reflection Rejoice, O Mother Church! Exult in glory! The Risen Saviour shines upon you!Let this place resound with joy, echoing the mighty song of all God’s people! The hope that marks us as Christians is magnificently portrayed through our Holy Week Liturgies. Rightly, they are solemn. This does not mean glum. Rather this […]
April 2015 Anzac Centenary Don McIver Just over one hundred years ago, young New Zealanders left for the other side of the world expecting to be ‘home for Christmas’. But the reality of the war they went to, and of other conflicts in which our small nation has since been involved, cannot be set aside […]
April 2015 News Jim Vercoe Parishioners at St Joseph’s Church, Dannevirke, were joined on Sunday 8 February 2015 by fellow Tararua parishioners from Brigid’s Pahiatua, St Columbkille’s Woodville, Sacred Heart Eketahuna, and St Joseph’s and St Anthony’s school representatives, for the ordination to the Diaconate of Bryan Buenger. Bryan, who previously worked as a secondary […]
April 2015 Feature Shane Olsen The Wellington Archdiocese Justice Peace and Development Commission is a group of Catholics entrusted by Cardinal John Dew to promote Catholic social teaching on matters of justice and peace. The Commission organises events and community meetings in the Wellington Archdiocese, makes submissions to Parliament and local government bodies, and engages […]
April 2015 Feature Simone Olsen The Government is negotiating an international agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). It involves 11 Asian and Pacific-rim countries, including the United States. If the TPPA goes ahead, there are widespread concerns about its potential damage to New Zealand’s economy, environment, health-care, food safety, information access, workers’ rights, and […]
April 2015 Feature The term ‘minister’ has many uses in the Catholic Church. It refers to the person, ordained or lay, commissioned to act on behalf of the Church in a way that draws people to worship God more deeply through the power of the Holy Spirit and through Jesus Christ. Minister may be used […]
April 2015 Feature Newly ordained Bishop Stephen Lowe of Hamilton Diocese visited the isolated Bay of Plenty township of Murupara. Parishioners Tania Rewi, her parents Douglas and Hariata Rewi, and Christian Brother Vincent Jury, share their community’s story with Wel-Com. E ngā mana, i ngā reo, e ngā kārangarangatangā maha, tēnā koutou katoa.All authorities, all […]
April 2015 News Chanel College gym named for our new Cardinal Cardinal John Dew officially opened the new $1.8 million gymnasium at Masterton’s Chanel College on Sunday, 1 March 2015. Called ‘Cardinal John Dew’ gymnasium, Cardinal John said as a former Masterton schoolboy he would never have imagined opening a school building named after him. […]
April 2015 Memorial ‘It is in the taking care of ourselves that we learn to take care of others.’ Celia Lashlie, 15 February 2015. Catherine Ryan, Principal, St Mary’s College, Wellington On 16 February 2015, we, as a nation, lost Celia Lashlie, an outstanding woman of courage and strength of purpose, fighter for social justice […]