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).
July 2014 News Sue Seconi Plans are well underway for the first project of the Associates of Suzanne Aubert – Te Hunga Whai i nga Akoranga a Suzanne – since being established in January 2012. Nationally and locally known quilter, Merrilyn George from Ohakune will exhibit over 20 quilts inspired by and honouring Suzanne Aubert. […]
July 2014 Feature Kevin P Clements Western democracies are facing a cruel dilemma. Instead of feeling secure in our affluence and generous in our disposition we feel insecure, fearful and selfish. Politicians play on our insecurity and fear and we become passive rather than active citizens, infants instead of adults and supporters of the status […]
July 2014 Palmerston North Brian Walsh St Brigid’s Church Pahiatua has recently been renovated, upgraded, and earthquake strengthened to the new building code. Stage one involved the replacement of the flat roof with a pitched roof and considerable interior refurbishment. Stage two will involve the extension of the gathering area, kitchen, parish office and toilets. […]
July 2014 News Suzanne O’Rourke The remembrance service held at St Peter & Paul’s Catholic Church, Lower Hutt on Saturday 21 June served as a poignant reminder of the joy of lives remembered as well as the grief at their loss. The idea to hold a remembrance service on the shortest day of the year […]
July 2014 Feature Cecily McNeill In February, Wel-Com carried the first of a two-part article about the independent report Ngāpuhi Speaks which documents northern Māori interaction with settlers and the British crown. Part two was to have been run in March but a complaint to the Press Council stalled publication. The complaint was not upheld […]
July 2014 Holy Land 2014 Cecily McNeill For the Palestinian people their land is a big cage out of which they cannot escape without a permit, granted only at Easter and Christmas, as well as in emergency cases, but then only until 7pm. The eight-metre-high separation wall that surrounds Bethlehem has, since around 2004, prevented […]
July 2014 Book review Brian Easton Economist Brian Easton gave this review to a Wellington gathering in April for the launch of the latest book from Accent Publications But Is It Fair? Faith Communities and Social Justice edited by Neil Darragh The 36 writers are from the faith communities. Their diversity is admirable: there is […]
July 2014 Holy Land 2014 Cecily McNeill The Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem runs mostly on charity but for Palestinian mothers who come with their sick children, it is a ‘seven-star hotel’. As well as providing medical care for babies and children up to the age of 16 and even older if they are chronic […]
July 2014 Holy Land 2014 Cecily McNeill Amid the trials of negotiating the Israeli security system there is great joy and pride in the staff and students at Bethlehem University. Manar Shomaly who has just graduated with a Masters in International Cooperation and Development says Bethlehem University is well-known in the West Bank for the […]
July 2014 Holy Land 2014 Amid the terror of regular ‘visits’ from Israeli soldiers, the residents of Deheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem see hope in their dance troupe and in the way young people embrace learning by getting together to study and discuss. Deheisheh is one of 59 Palestinian refugee camps in the West […]