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).
Dianne Howard2 August 2012 The recent closing of a number of churches due to possible earthquake risk, has affected parishioners all over the archdiocese. St Mary’s Church in Blenheim was no exception. Parishioners felt sadness and disbelief at the decision to close the church for an indeterminate period while inspections were carried out and, if […]
2 August 2012 Last year’s popular Stewardship Conference is being repeated in the Wellington Archdiocese at the end of the month with a Stewardship Reflection Day in the cathedral.This year the archdiocese has invited Presentation Sister, Mary Franzmann from Brisbane as the key speaker for the day, August 25. Sr Mary has a background in […]
2 August 2012 Hato Paora College, Feilding, were placed third in the waiata a ringa section of the national kapa haka contest Nga Kura Tuarua (Secondary Schools) Kapa Haka held July 24 to 27. And Hato Paora was adjudged 13th overall in the 42-team, four-day gathering in Whangarei. Newcomers Nga Maioha o te Rangikauia which […]
Cecily McNeill2 August 2012 The Launch Out leadership formation programme in the Wellington Archdiocese is now 10 years old and the Catholic Foundation is undertaking a major fundraising drive to support this innovative ministry which has already brought vigour, energy, new life and dynamism to many pastoral areas. Since it started from discussion at the […]
Archbishop John DewAugust 2012 About 12 years ago I wrote an article on prayer for the Marist Messenger. I remember basing it on the invitation of Jesus to ‘Remain in my love’. I wrote that these words of Jesus from Chapter 15 of John’s Gospel define prayer for me. However, most memorable was the number […]
Mgr John Broadbent2 August 2012 Gregory VII (1073-1085) oversaw what French Dominican theologian Cardinal Yves Congar has argued was ‘the great turning point in ecclesiology’ – the 11th century. The idea has sparked lively discussion with American theologian Richard McBrien agreeing that some Catholics regard the 500 years from Gregory VII to the Protestant Reformation […]
Cecily McNeill2 August 2012 New Zealand may be setting the scene for mass suicides if an amendment to the immigration law allowing for mandatory detention of asylum seekers is passed. Changes to the Immigration Bill 2009 designed to keep out so-called ‘people smugglers’ and ‘queue jumpers’ are driven by fear and ignorance according to 39 […]
Sr Catherine Hannan2 August 2012 A glass house for the Compassion Centre Soup Kitchen is the latest addition to the Owhiro Bay Community Garden. Guests of the soup kitchen can now raise seedlings for their garden plot, with the help of staff members Sr Christina Williams and Lorraine Irwin.Guests were last year introduced to the […]
2 August 2012 St Anthony’s parish Seatoun celebrated the 60th birthday of the church on July 1 with a Mass which Archbishop John Dew presided over and a morning tea with a cupcake cake which parishioners and friends made.Frs Finau Sanele (priest in sacramental ministry) and parish administrator Kevin Purcell with former parish priests Mgr […]
Veronica M Lawson RSM2 August 2012 18th in Ordinary Time Year B John 6:24-35‘What must we do…?’ In John’s gospel, Jesus makes some remarkable claims for himself: ‘I am the light of the world’; ‘Before Abraham was, I am’; ‘I am the gate for the sheep’; ‘I am the good shepherd’; ‘I am the way, […]