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).
May 2014 Feature Sheena Dickson Home is where the heart is, so the old saying goes but the question is, ‘Is it a healthy heart?‘ Health starts in our families, in our schools and workplaces, in our playgrounds and parks, and in the air we breathe and the water we drink. No wonder then that […]
May 2014 Feature Nā Rāwiri Tinirau i tito tēnei pūrongo rangatira. Kua roa te wā e whakanuia ana te matenga me te aranga ake o te Kaiwhakaora, ko Hehu Karaiti, e ngā Katorika, e ngā Karaitiana, puta noa i te ao. I te tau 1946, i tū te Hui Aranga tuatahi ki te marae o […]
May 2014 Opinion Archbishop John Dew The bishops of Oceania are assembling in Wellington this month, the largest gathering of bishops in New Zealand since the Federation of Bishops Conferences of Oceania’s first meeting in Auckland in 1994. Pope John Paul II wrote his apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Oceania in 2001 specifically for the church […]
May 2014 Schools A new style of learning which puts students at the centre of the learning process is receiving a definite thumbs up from students at Our Lady of the Rosary school Waiwhetu and teachers are reporting higher levels of engagement and motivation. Two new classroom hubs have been built at the school to […]
May 2014 Feature Cecily McNeill A major factor among many in family violence is a lack of nurturing in childhood leading in turn to neglect of children compounded by poverty and lack of access to education and nourishment. American child abuse prevention experts Randell and Sandra Alexander toured New Zealand in February talking to business […]
May 2014 Feature Fr James Lyons Why young people are emerging from Catholic schools without a committed relationship with Jesus Christ is ‘the highest priority issue for all involved in Catholic education.’ This concern is made clear in a message from New Zealand’s Catholic Bishops to all delivering ‘Catholic education in Aotearoa New Zealand’ – […]
May 2014 Reflection Veronica Lawson RSM Luke 24:13-35 Extraordinary things can happen if we open ourselves to the presence of a stranger or ‘foreigner’ on the road of life. That seems to be a key element in today’s gospel passage from the well-known and well-loved Emmaus story. Imagine two dejected disciples (Cleopas and possibly his […]
May 2014 Opinion Fr James Lyons On 27 April, in the brightness of Easter joy and before one of the largest crowds to gather in St Peter’s Square, two new saints were added to the universal Catholic calendar, both former Bishops of Rome. One was pope for less than five years, the other 27 years […]
May 2014 Schools At least one seven or eight year old in Mrs Ania Davidson’s class at St Brendan’s School Heretaunga declares that his teacher is the ‘love of my heart’. James D says she has helped him be ‘more confident with my learning’ and is, from Abbey, ‘the most amazing teacher in my life!’ […]
May 2014 Palmerston North Teresa Neilson On Friday 4 April the children of St Mary’s School Hastings accepted the annual challenge of eating a handful of rice for lunch to benefit the Caritas appeal for the people of the Solomon Islands. The pupils of St Mary’s have followed this practice for the past 15 years […]