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).
Feature December 2013 Jim Consedine There is a significant feast day virtually overlooked each Christmas season. On 28 December the church recognises the feast of the Holy Innocents. This forms an essential part of the Christmas season which stretches from the Nativity to the Epiphany. Without it we hear only part of the Christmas story. […]
News December 2013 L’Arche Kapiti is preparing to celebrate 50 years of L’Arche worldwide, 21 years of L’Arche nationally and 16 years of community life in Paraparaumu. Celebrations will be held on 15 February 2014 at The Coast Community Church in Hinemoa Street, Paraparaumu, just along from St Patrick’s Catholic Church. L’Arche is a community […]
Book review December 2013 Joy Cowley’s Kiwi Christmas situates the Christmas story in Aotearoa New Zealand with a Māori Mary and flowering pohutukawa. The first visitor after Jesus’ birth is a Māori landowner on her quad bike. She has seen her woolshed curiously full of light. Bruce Potter has depicted some realistic Māori angels above […]
Just 18, pregnant with her second child and facing a custody battle, Leilani Morris found refuge and support in the Titiro Whakamua Teen Parents School in Upper Hutt. That was 10 years ago and these days, her children older, Leilani helps out with the mothers and babies in the school while studying for her psychology […]
Opinion 31 October 2013 Archbishop John A Dew Dear Friends, Hundreds of people have taken part in discussions and consultations relating to the document I published in May, A Future Full of Hope. The responses bear the results of deep reflection and fervent prayer, for which I am very grateful. It is very clear […]
News November 2013 Archbishop John Dew After consultation throughout the Archdiocese of Wellington with clergy and laity from May to August 2013 and, after consulting the Council of Priests, it has been decided that some parishes will merge to create a new parish. As outlined in my proposals in the document A Future Full of […]
Archdiocesan News November 2013 Emily Benefield, Caritas Last month I journeyed with the Caritas group to Parihaka to present the booklet Remembering Parihaka. The booklet draws inspiration from the nonviolent resistance movement begun by 19th century leaders Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi, and the continuing story of Parihaka. Caritas developed the booklet in […]
20 November 2013 Pope Francis has convened an extraordinary Synod meeting in Rome next year, on marriage and the family and has asked Bishops Conferences worldwide to undertake wide consultation with their people, in order to provide input to the discussion. ‘We’ve made the questions provided to us into an online survey for people […]
News November 2013 Bob Houston In a week of spring weather that can only be described as ‘rubbish’, Sunday 13 October delivered perfect sunshine, for around 900 people celebrating an open-air Inaugural Combined Mass of Our Lady of Kapiti Parish. The spirit of Our Lady was clearly shining upon the event. The event was held […]
Feature November 2013 Emily Makower In Canada last month, Archdiocesan Youth Adviser Emily Makower stayed with the Servants Community in Downtown Eastside (DTES), Vancouver, a movement begun 25 years ago by New Zealander Viv Grigg while working as a missionary in the Philippines. Moved by the desperate situation of the millions of poor in Manila, […]