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).
Retreat Anne Powell rc 4 March 2013 What began as a week-long ‘Road Retreat’, a bus journey through the North Island, quickly grew into a journey of the heart. Our group of 12 pilgrim-retreatants gathered at Paihia within the Gospel context of the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24) and across the water from the Pompallier […]
Palmerston North 4 March, 2013 Palmerston North Diocese’s four religious houses with trainees and five diocesan seminarians showed vitality in the Church, ‘for which we should give thanks to God and, in this Year of Faith, joyfully celebrate’, Bishop Charles Drennan said. Bishop Charles visited the Sisters of Compassion in Upper Hutt last month and […]
Schools 5 February 2013 The Catholic Foundation wishes to congratulate the winners of scholarships for this year’s tertiary studies and wish them all well in their chosen courses. The awards were presented at college prizegiving ceremonies at the end of 2012. Details of how to apply for a scholarship are on the Catholic Foundation’s website. […]
Columns Archbishop John DewFebruary 2013 ‘God of mission, you filled the mind and heart of Bishop Pompallier with Apostolic zeal to leave country and family, to bring the Gospel of Christ to Oceania and Aotearoa. Bless our country and our families as we celebrate the 175th anniversary of the first Mass offered on Aotearoa soil. […]
Columns Cecily McNeillFebruary 2013 A recent cabinet paper from the prime minister shows the extent to which workers in this country have become a cheap commodity with which to lure the film industry. The New Zealand Herald reported on 24 January that, after a star-studded Hollywood dinner party, last October, John Key told the Cabinet […]
World News 4 February 2013 Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is supporting extensive rebuilding work in the South Pacific and the Philippines following cyclones in the two areas in December. The New Zealand agency, with Caritas Australia, is helping Caritas Samoa to shelter, feed and ensure safe water supplies to people affected by Cyclone Evan that […]
Wellington Eileen Brosnahan rsm4 February 2013 The chapel at Villa Joseph Upper Hutt overflowed on 28 December 2012 as religious, family, friends and former students gathered to celebrate the life and death of Sr Joan Kelly. Born in Petone in 1921, Joan Mary Alice Kelly was the eldest child of Frances and Michael Kelly, inheriting […]
Wellington John Kuriakose4 February 2013 St Mary’s Kerala Catholic Community (SKCCW) celebrated its fifth annual feast day on 28 October with a divine liturgy in honour of Our Lady of the Rosary at St Francis de Sales Church, Island Bay. Newlands parish priest Fr Verghese Thuruthichira VC, presided with Fr Joseph Akkara from Taumaranui, apostolic […]
Features Cecily McNeill4 February 2013 The concept of a living wage will be fleshed out at a conference in Auckland this month where research into the idea and how it might be applied in Aotearoa New Zealand will be presented. The Living Wage Campaign is designed to get people to reflect on what a living […]
Features Kieran Fenn fms4 February 2013 Concerning the biblical origins of this traditional belief in the Blessed Virgin, two points need to be noted: Only the virginal conception of Jesus is directly mentioned in the New Testament and, as a result, the emphasis in the New Testament is placed not so much on Mary or […]