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).
Features 4 December 2012 Stokes Valley parish celebrated its golden jubilee on November 11 with Archbishop John Dew reminding those gathered for the celebration Mass that the parish opened when Pope John XXIII was pope and ‘was probably one of the first in the country to be established during the Second Vatican Council’. Pope John […]
Features Dr Jill Gowdie4 December 2012 The Broken Bay Institute received so many enthusiastic responses to the eConference ‘Vatican II: An Event of Grace’. By way of thanks we offer this reflection from one of our inspirational speakers, Dr Jill Gowdie, leader of the Evangelisation and Spiritual Formation team at Brisbane Catholic Education. And with […]
Features Fr James Lyons4 December 2012 How would you describe a soldier of the Second World War era? The question was addressed to me from a member of the Parliamentary Committee hearing submissions on the Marriage Amendment Bill which requires the re-defining of marriage to include same-sex couples. I appeared before the Committee on November […]
Features Derek Johnson4 December 2012 The cooperative model of business, as successfully exploited by Fonterra, has been promoted as a way of reducing New Zealand’s growing income inequality.According to the latest Ministry of Social Development Household Incomes in New Zealand report released in August, income inequality has hit a peak above any level measured since […]
Features 4 December 2012 The two congregations of religious, Sisters of Mercy (rsm) and Sisters of the Missions (rndm) came together in Auckland in August to celebrate two of their youngest members being professed on the same day. On March 18 2000, 12 and a half years ago Linda van Bussel was professed a Sister […]
Features Barbara Henley RNDM4 December 2012 I have always loved the ‘O Antiphons’… well, ever since I entered the novitiate and prayed them during Vespers on the last days of Advent. They gave a sense of anticipation and expectation to our prayer. We were about to welcome the Saviour, Emmanuel, God-With-Us. Like any home, our […]
Palmerston North Sue Seconi4 December 2012 Gusty cold winds and driving rain did not deter 70 people from walking in a public rally from St Mary’s Church in central Whanganui to the Traditional Catholic Society of St Pius X in Gonville, to mark Respect Life month in October. Mgr David Bell celebrated Mass for the […]
News Dan Siave4 December 2012 Next year is shaping to be an exciting year in Archdiocesan Youth and Young Adult Ministry. The pastoral area internship programme PillarsofFire will be happening at a church near you and members of the new Young Church Ministries team will be starting in January.PillarsofFire is a faith formation programme being […]
Wellington 4 December 2012 Eva Murray of Ss Peter and Paul School in Lower Hutt recently realised every little girl’s dream: to dance with ballet dancers from the Royal New Zealand Ballet, in a fundraiser for cystic fibrosis earlier in this year. Dancer Mehdi Angot organised the show, called Breathe, with the help of the […]
Clare McClean4 December 2012 On Saturday August 11, some members of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) joined the Capuchin friars and Kilbirnie parishoners to celebrate St Clare’s feast day and welcome two new members. Bernadette Hyland was professed having completed her formation and Yvonne D’Souza was received into the Order and will now enter a […]