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).
MONICA O’CONNELL2 August 2012 A weekend full of prayer, good food – with time to have fun – was offered by this year’s Launch Out retreat for lay pastoral leaders. Fr David Dowling, who led the retreat on the weekend of June 29, guided those of us attending through two days of reflection and prayer.His […]
Features Mary Eastham2 August 2012 With the month of Muslim spiritual and bodily purification that is Ramadan starting late in July this year, the Palmerston North Interfaith Group came together on July 9 to hear Dr Ibrahim Al-Bahadly of Massey University bring greater understanding of the practice. Ramadan is to Muslims what Lent is to […]
Thursday 26 July 2012 The Archdiocese of Wellington congratulates Nga Maioha o te Rangikauia and Te Huatai Katorika who are both groups competing at the National Kapa Haka competition in Whangarei this week. Nga Maioha o te Rangikauia is the combined group of St Catherine’s College, St Mary’s College, Te Wharekura o Nga Mokopuna, and […]
3 July 2012 The newly formed Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand (TCI) has successfully integrated eLearning into its course offerings with a series of ‘faith updates’ in the form of online modules designed to provide a learning experience people can access from their own homes. The Catholic Institute’s director, Professor Anne Tuohy, says new […]
Cecily McNeill 3 July 2012 The visit of biblical scholar Sr Veronica Lawson gave leaders in the archdiocese a chance to focus on the Sunday gospel readings of Ordinary Time and learn something of the importance of seeing the stories in the context of the time. Some 35 people, priests and lay pastoral leaders as […]
Derek Johnson 3 July 2012 Marist priest Peter Healy of St Mary’s parish Otaki is planning a series of workshops offering a way through the turmoil and change currently affecting global society. Fr Peter is a supporter of the Transition Town movement which looks at ways groups of people can live more sustainably on the […]
3 July 2012 More aid is needed to avert a famine in the Sahel region of West Africa, says Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand Director Julianne Hickey. Eighteen million people across almost a dozen countries face hunger and malnutrition. Erratic weather led to poor harvests in 2011, which in turn pushed up food prices this year, […]
3 July 2012 The New Zealand government has attracted international attention with its refugee policies as the world focused on International Refugee Day, June 20 – for the wrong reasons. Plans to lock-up refugees arriving in New Zealand in groups have drawn concern from across the Tasman. The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) […]
News Cecily McNeill 20 July 2012 US theologian, storyteller and spiritual writer Megan McKenna is to give a two-day seminar in Wellington next month. She is a keynote speaker at the Education Convention in the second week of August and will give seminars on the weekend (August 11-12) in St Joseph’s Church, Mt […]
3 July 2012 The Race Relations Conciliator has recognised St Anne’s Parish, Newtown, for its multicultural Stations of the Cross. The parish recently installed new Stations of the Cross in the church, which was renovated last year, to reflect the parishes’ multicultural community. Parishioner Maria Rodgers came up with the idea of having a visual […]