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).
Palmerston North Cecily McNeill September 2013 Imagination is key to growth in the diocese and to people becoming what God wants us to be, Bishop Charles Drennan told the more than 2,000 people gathered for a Year of Faith Mass in Palmerston North’s Pascal St Stadium on 4 August. ‘Satisfaction with stagnation is a death […]
Social Justice Week, 8-14 September, 2013 September 2013 Unemployment – the local face of a global concern Unemployment affects everyone, particularly young people whose ability to find work has been hindered by the loss of jobs after the 2009 economic recession. Four years on, youth unemployment remains high throughout the world. In New Zealand, 75,000 […]
Opinion Cecily McNeill September 2013 The country’s latest high-profile paedophile conviction shows how hard some children must work to win the confidence of the adults in their lives. Had the first Far North child who complained about James Parker’s abuse been believed, Parker may never have gone on to the more than 300 offences he […]
Opinion Archbishop John Dew September 2013 Since early May many, if not most, people in the archdiocese have responded to my invitation to discuss the future of the archdiocese. I am grateful to all parishioners, lay pastoral leaders and clergy who have generously given their energy to reimagining the archdiocese in a consultation process using […]
Reflection Veronica Lawson RSM September 2013 Luke 15:1-32 All three parables in today’s gospel invite us into the experience of loss: loss of a valued creature; loss of the means of survival; loss of an adult child’s respect and presence. All three parables likewise invite us into an encounter with a God who seeks and […]
News Cecily McNeill September 2013 One parishioner in the tiny town of Ward near the epicentre of last month’s 6.6 earthquake is planning to teach her grandchildren about their guardian angels because she says someone was certainly looking after them. Mary Hickman who, with husband Ossie, and their three sons form the nucleus with the […]
Church History Mgr John Broadbent September 2013 Born on 8 December 1834 in Sivery, France, Jean-Baptiste Rolland was ordained a priest in 1861. Fr Rolland felt called to missionary work and soon after his ordination he joined the Society of Mary. He travelled to New Zealand via Sydney in 1864 and was appointed to Napier […]
Reflection Veronica Lawson RSM September 2013 Luke 14:25-33 We all want to be faithful to the commitments we make and most of us realise that the choice for one pathway will preclude another. We work out our priorities and live with the consequences, leaving aside whatever might get in the way of our realising our […]
Book Review John Faisandier September 2013 On a Mission, by Shaun Davison. Published by Steele Roberts, Wellington. In a remarkably candid way 22 former seminarians of Mt St Marys, Greenmeadows (The Mission) were interviewed about their lives and aspirations by the author, himself a former seminarian. The once vibrant teaching institution of the 1970s and […]
Feature Will Warren September 2013 On a gloomy, wet Friday evening in mid-July a group of young adults left Palmerston North for the Magnificat Retreat Centre in Featherston for the Passionist Young Adult retreat. This was my second experience of the warm, friendly environment of a Passionist retreat. Australian Jo McDade led us in a […]