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).
November 2014 Pastoral Focus Mike Noonan Leading is an agreement. It is an agreement to be led and an agreement to lead. Sometimes the bargain has to be struck, and sometimes not if the situation or the role carries the expectations. A bargain was struck between Peter and Jesus (in John 13). ‘You will never […]
November 2014 News Martin de Jong Small yet strong voices from Oceania will be heard at the United Nations Climate Conference in Lima, Peru, 1–12 December, 2014. Amelia Ma’afu, Caritas Tonga’s Programmes Co-ordinator and Climate Change Officer, part of an international Caritas delegation at the conference, will take ‘voices’ gathered together in Small yet strong: […]
November 2014 Pastoral Focus Mark Richards My focus this month is on leadership and, specifically, the core teaching on leadership of the laity as seen in Vatican II. From my bookshelf, I picked the document about the role of the laity: the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity (Apostolicam Actuositatem; November 18, 1965). As […]
November 2014 Schools Peter Ahern In an effort to raise achievement levels and participation amongst our Māori and Pasifika students, St Joseph’s School has just completed its second year of running its Māori and Pasifika mentoring programme. The programme focuses on preparing the student candidates for survival in New Zealand bush. This year’s group, consisting […]
November 2014 Schools Fiona D’Souza At St Patricks this year we’ve been trying to think of ways to give students opportunities to develop a desire to make a difference. We only have four classes and a part-time class. And now every term, one class spends an afternoon at the nearby Rita Angus Retirement Village and […]
November 2014 Leadership Matthew Jansen You could spend a lot of money learning about leadership at a top business school. Or you could simply observe Pope Francis. Last year Professor Emeritus James L Heskett of Harvard Business School, wrote a blog post about ‘servant leadership’ (hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7207.html), ‘an age-old concept, a term loosely used to suggest […]
November 2014 News Lorraine Wilson At Sunday Mass in St Martin de Porres Church in Lower Hutt, 28 September 2014, Mike Fairfield received the Benemerenti Papal Award for service to the Catholic Church. Mike and his wife Marie were recognised for 42 years enormous effort and support they have given to the Catholic Church. Mike […]
November 2014 Feature Fr Patrick Bridgman The Sacrament of Confirmation – but how can an eight-year old understand what they are doing? This question is common when people hear some dioceses have transferred the age for the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation from the teens to a time before Holy Communion. Surely children are […]
October 2014 Insight Archbishop John Dew ‘At the heart of the Catholic Character of a school are the Catholic hearts of those who work in the school – the principal, teachers, chaplains and other staff. They are witnesses to the students of a mature faith, and an integration of faith with life.’(NZ Catholic Bishops) Since […]
October 2014 Wellington Olivia Webb Wellington’s St Mary of the Angels Church has been closed to the public for over a year following the Seddon earthquakes in July 2013. While the church suffered no structural damage, it was identified as earthquake-prone and ‘yellow-stickered’ by Wellington City Council in April 2012. The parish supported the decision […]