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).
Lisa Beech2011 After the Rugby World Cup final, All Blacks assistant coach Steve Hansen could have been quoting the NZ bishops when he said ‘Rugby is a game about we, not me’. Hansen was explaining to media that it took 14 players to get the 15th member of the team across the line to score […]
Column Kieran Fenn fms#109-113 ‘The Word became flesh’ reveals the inseparable bond between God’s word and the human words by which God communicates with us. God is not revealed in the abstract but by using languages, imagery and expressions that are bound to different cultures. Today a new phase is being entered due to the […]
Cecily McNeill30 July 2009 Rosa Moiwend from West Papua longs for the time when she can hear her own language spoken at the opening of a meeting as te reo Maori is used in greeting here. Rosa is in New Zealand to learn English, the language of political debate and negotiation.Rosa’s country is under the […]
Cecily McNeill30 July 2009 Next month Timor-Leste celebrates 10 years of independence as a proud but fragile nation. In September 1999 East Timorese voted for an end to 24 years of Indonesian rule, a popular poll which resulted in a bloody and costly war as factions loyal to Indonesia refused to relinquish power. More than […]
Mary-Ann Greaney9 November 2011 Sr Makareta Gilbert and Rangi Hau enjoying a break in a Stewardship relection day at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Saturday October 29. Around 80 people from the Wairarapa to Otaki and everywhere in between were in the cathedral for the reflection day. The day was divided into reflecting and praying over […]
Eileen Brosnahan rsm4 April 2011 Dr Anthony Gittins, a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and Professor of Theology and Culture at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, enthralled a large audience in Connolly Hall on January 31 as he explored the statement ‘Do this in memory of me’. These instructions, which are […]
Another graduation from Challenge 2000’s gap programme Cecily McNeill11 November 2011 Thirty-second showers, learning to iron clothes and getting up at 5.30am are memories that will stay with Andrew Solomona for a long time after his time in the LSV (limited service volunteers) of the New Zealand Defence Force. Andrew and five others are ‘gap […]
Archdiocesan workshops on liturgy for children Sue Ryan9 November 2011 Workshops on children’s liturgy in the archdiocese this year have attracted a great deal of interest among those who work with children at Mass but struggle to understand the Church’s thinking. In the 1963 Constitution of the Sacred Liturgy (14) the Bishops of the Second […]
Fr James Lyons4 April 2011 Wellington’s Sacred Heart primary school held a service in the cathedral on the Friday following the Christchurch quake [February 25] in which they faced the question, Where is God in this tragedy? In their prayers they affirmed that:God is in the tears of those who are sad and in the […]
‘Your people are our people’ – Christchurch mayor Bob Parker Cecily McNeill4 April 2011 The New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference has expressed shock and sadness at the devastation caused by the Christchurch earthquake on February 22 and extends heartfelt sympathy and prayerful support to those who have lost loved ones particularly those awaiting news of […]