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).
News April 2014 Mary Woods, Judith McGinley, Roderick Milne SM On Saturday 15 February in Paraparaumu L’Arche Kapiti celebrated its 16th birthday and 50 years since Jean Vanier started the first L’Arche community with Phillipe and Raphael in Trosly-Breuil, France. Family and friends joined the community from all around the lower North Island with representatives […]
Opinion April 2014 Fr Kevin Neal London’s Clapham Common became very familiar when I lived in London because I often crossed it on my way home to Putney. In earlier days, Clapham Common was an enormous graveyard. Here, many centuries ago, victims of the Black Death were quickly buried. According to Wikipedia, ‘The Black Death […]
Feature April 2014 Two leading academics are calling on New Zealanders to use the coming general election to press for an end to child poverty. Mike O’Brien and Susan St John of Auckland University say politicians must address the fact that one in five children lives below the poverty line and the government’s own figures […]
History April 2014 Catherine Jones smsm This Christmas marks the 200th anniversary of the first recorded preaching of the gospel in Aotearoa New Zealand. On Christmas Day 1814 Anglican missionary Samuel Marsden preached at Oihi Beach in the Bay of Islands on the Christmas theme of joy: ‘Listen, I bring you news …’ Ruahara of […]
Palmerston North April 2014 Mary-Grace Williams Palmerston North’s Catholic Young Adult community Te Ahi Kaa has started the year with several events already and the year has only just begun. Te Ahi Kaa or ‘The Hearth Place’ is in its third year and is run by Jonny Boon and Mary-Grace Williams. Others living in the […]
Feature April 2014 The inclusion of the taualuga in the celebration of the Eucharist, especially at the presentation of gifts, signifies the willingness of the participants to present what is considered sacred to God. The taualuga is the Samoan traditional dance performed at special celebrations. It is considered the apex of Samoan performances and the […]
News April 2014 Michael Noonan One of my regular jobs as a child in a family that shared the care of the household was polishing the dining table. As stewards in the archdiocese, we, too, are charged with ‘care of the household’. My five-year-old arms could only just reach the centre of the huge table, […]
Feature April 2014 With the focus on a Future Full of Hope, the Launch Out candidates and several mentors gathered for a workshop to help connect the pastoral projects required of the candidates, with Archbishop John’s expectations as outlined in the document ‘A Future Full of Hope’. This workshop was a chance to gain a […]
News April 2014 The 1000-year-old reformed Benedictine monastic tradition of the Camaldolese now has a presence in Aotearoa New Zealand led by an archdiocesan solitary religious Br Graham-Michoel Wills. Last April the four members of the ANZ chapter – two in Wellington, one in Napier and another in Whangarei – met in retreat at Ngakuru […]
News April 2014 Eugene Crosby St Benedict’s parish in Khandallah held a party on Sunday 23 February to welcome Fr Doug Shepherd and farewell Fr Bill Warwick. The picnic was a rare coming together of church and school with principal Dave Lamont and his family there as well as Fr Peter Fitzgibbon from Johnsonville parish. […]