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).
Palmerston North Bishop Peter Cullinane6 April 2011 Bishop Peter Cullinane offered this prayer at the thanksgiving service at the Scandinavian Festival in Norsewood on Sunday February 27. God of all creation and of all nationswe turn to you in thanksgivingfor the wonderful gift of life itselfand life within our families, our nations, and the family […]
Palmerston North Anne Odogwu6 April 2011 People of Scandinavian descent celebrated their forebears who settled in the Dannevirke and Norsewood areas in the 1870s in a festival held in the two towns at the end of February. Scandinavian festivals started in 1983 to commemorate the way our forebears lived when they arrived in New Zealand […]
Archbishop John Dew2011 Images of the frightening tsunami rolling over the coast of north eastern Japan and inland for miles filled our TV screens on Friday evening March 11. It was like a shoreless ocean. Within hours there was a tsunami warning issued for the Pacific Ocean, ‘travelling’ across the Pacific eastwards at the speed […]
Elizabeth Julian rsm5 April 2011 When I was a child in the 1960s I learnt many answers to questions I didn’t have. I learned that calumny and detraction are forbidden by the eighth commandment; that a sacrifice is ‘the offering of a victim by a priest to God alone’, and that faith ‘is a supernatural […]
Features Cecily McNeill4 April 2011 Sacred Heart Cathedral was overflowing for a special Mass for the Samoan Chaplaincy on Sunday February 20, the seventh week in Ordinary Time. This followed an address to the Samoan community the previous Saturday when Archbishop John Dew explained events of the past several months which had led to divisions […]
Palmerston North Cecily McNeill4 April 2011 Bishop Peter Cullinane has welcomed Msgr Charles Drennan of Christchurch as Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North. He will assist current Bishop Peter in the governance of the diocese until the latter’s retirement in November. Currently Administrator of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Parish and Parish Priest of St […]
Cecily McNeill2011 It has been a tough few months for democracy as the revised Foreshore and Seabed Act passes into law, making legal discrimination against the first inhabitants of our land. Announcing the passing of The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act on March 24, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson said that it fixes an anomaly […]
Features Archbishop John Dew4 April 2011 This is an address from Archbishop John Dew to the Samoan Community, all members of which he invited to the cathedral on February 12 to explain finally the discussions that have been taking place with catechists about the appointment of a lay pastoral leader to the Samoan chaplaincy which […]
Palmerston North Fr Kevin Neal4 April 2011 One of the great messengers of classical music for ordinary folks is violinist Andre Rieu. For some reason my friends are sure that I won’t like his style because he makes his music so accessible. They must be convinced that I am a musical snob for some reason! […]
Palmerston North Ross Haigh1 April 2011 ‘So you’re finally getting a new kitchen? Oh, how exciting!’ Well I’m sorry, but to be perfectly honest it’s not all that exciting at the moment. How can living for days on end in domestic turmoil be exciting? And how scintillating is it to watch one’s bank balance plummet […]