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 Fr James Lyons PP Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish29 November 2012 John 4 – The Woman at the Well As I started to think about this topic and how the beginning of this special Year coincided with the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, I found myself remembering a little publicised […]
Features 29 November 2012 Andrew Kim Inseok was ordained to the priesthood on November 9 in a moving ceremony in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon that included music and song from his Korean culture. Fr Andrew has been serving in Heretaunga and Stokes Valley parishes since February 2011. He was ordained deacon in […]
Palmerston North Bishop Emeritus Peter Cullinane29 November 2012 Plain, old-fashioned greed is at the root of much of the earth’s destruction, says emeritus Bishop of Palmerston North Bishop Peter Cullinane, citing the way rents in Christchurch rose 15 percent after the earthquake. Bishop Peter told an ecumenical conference – ‘Christianity and the Ecological Crisis: Lament, […]
News 29 November 2012 Left, Challenge 2000 founder Kitty McKinley, left, Maryanne Moon and Heath Hutton from Challenge with graduates from the Challenge 2000 gap year, Finn Egan, Lezza Moananu, Peter Gasologa, Shona-Leigh Kuvarji and Kotuku Riwaka. Right: Challenge director Bridget Roach. The ‘gappies’ have had a taste over the year of what working life […]
Reflect Veronica Lawson RSM29 November 2012 Luke 21:25-28,34-36 Today’s gospel passage, with its vivid description of the end-time signs, may seem a strange choice of reading for Advent and the beginning of the Church year. It is only strange if we take the descriptions literally. The image of Jesus coming on the clouds is from […]
Columns Fr Kevin NealNovember 2012 It was a pretty amazing seventh form and it was one of the last that I had responsibility for as a boarding master and as senior dean. It was just before I went to the seminary and began the bridging course towards priesthood. I had the senior boarders to care […]
Features Mary-Ann Greaney6 November 2012 Mary-Ann Greaney, Archdiocesan Pastoral Support Unit worker and Justice, Peace and Development coordinator, visited Peru after the Rio+20 earth summit in June. As a Presentation Associate, Mary-Ann has a long-standing connection with the Presentation Sisters who live in Peru and organises the sale of the handicrafts the Peruvian women make. […]
Features 7 November 2012 Archbishop John Dew tells synod of difficulties of rampant secularism The vibrancy of youth in the Pacific region inspired Archbishop John Dew’s address to the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelisation for the transmission of the Christian Faith in Rome on October 8. As president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ […]
Features 7 November 2012 Here’s a few of the front pages that have appeared on Wel-Com since its first issue back in September, 1984. For a backgrounder to the paper, and a selection of historic photos, click here. Issue 15, December 1986 Issue 146, October, 1998 Issue 163, May 2000 Issue 169, November, 2000 […]
Columns Archbishop John DewNovember 2012 It was the largest ever Synod and there is a great interest and real passion about the importance of announcing the Gospel anew, of proclaiming that Jesus Christ is the way to God, and that as human beings we can never be fully alive or achieve what it means to […]