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).
March 2015 Feature Maria Noonan With Wel-Com’s focus in the March 2015 issue on young Catholic leadership, it is timely to share plans of a programme that raises awareness of abuse, and identifies ways we, in the Church, can actively work together to create a safe environment in our communities. Young leaders in New Zealand […]
March 2015 Feature Annette Scullion Hato Pāora College, near Feilding and surrounded by farmlands, won a National School of Character Award last year recognising its efforts for encouraging positive results for student behaviour, citizenship, culture and academic achievement. Among its many other accomplishments, the College has taken out top spots in secondary school speech contests, […]
March 2015 Feature Cardinal John Dew When I think of young people in the Church I very often go back to the document that came out of the Synod for Oceania in 1998 – an important event for our part of the world with the theme ‘Jesus Christ and the People of Oceania: Walking His […]
March 2015 Feature Year of Consecrated Life: Society of Mary Fr Mark Walls SM In the light of Fr Jean Claude Colin’s founding insight that the charism of our order – the Society of Mary – is not just the preserve of professed religious but is giftedfor the whole world. Our focus in ministry to […]
March 2015 Feature Are you gonna go my way? Dave Mullin ‘As Jesus with the disciples of Emmaus, so the Church must become today the travelling companion of young people, who are often marked by confusion, resistance and contradictions, in order to announce to them the ever-astonishing “news” of the risen Christ.’ Saint Pope John […]
February 2015 News Pope Francis’ decision to appoint 20 new cardinals from many parts of the world has shown a clear indication he wants the Church to be seen as universal and he wants to hear from all parts of the world. He has made a point many times about going to the edge, to […]
February 2015 Opinion Bishop Charles Drennan Terrorism and fanaticism can never be justified. But should our reaction to the slaying of staff at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo be limited to abhorrence? Stamping of feet and shouting of slogans – unity – is a woefully inadequate response. We are not Charlie, and we need […]
February 2015 News Annette Scullion The 2015 New Year honours list has made Br Patrick Lynch a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, KNZM, recognising his longstanding services to New Zealand education. That service includes 21 years in his present role as Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand Catholic Education Office. This […]
February 2015 News Towards the end of last year kaumātua Janet Paku of Napier heard she would be receiving an award for her lifetime of service and devotion to the Catholic Church. But she didn’t know the recognition was to be from Pope Francis. Sadly, 75-year-old Janet passed away on 25 November before she had […]
February 2015 Opinion Archbishop John Dew At the beginning of December last year I was privileged to attend a meeting of the Santa Marta Group in London. The Santa Marta Group was set up by Pope Francis in April 2014 to form an alliance of police chiefs and bishops from around the world who would […]