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).
Cecily McNeill2010 I have just cleared the mail box and, with Mary MacKillop’s sainthood about to be officially recognised in Rome, I’m wondering what Mary would have done with the would-be local body politicians’ flyers. In my shoes, this young woman with a passion for working with the poor would have scanned each one for […]
God’s blessing of the poor and rejection of the rich is sharply expressed in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man (Lk 16:19-31) told to certain Pharisees whom Luke calls ‘lovers of money’.
However, when debates on whether the curia became the bureaucracy of the Pope and the bishops gathered momentum, the curia sensed its loss of the power it had retained for at least 900 years. There was little sign of the curial reform Pope Paul had promised.
The awakening that is taking place among us is of the universal interconnectedness and interdependence. We upset the balance of creation to our peril.
The resource is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate health-care professionals including those in social work and other allied health areas to foster debate and increase awareness about where people may choose to die when death is anticipated. It is also seen as useful for chaplains and others in pastoral care.
Social Justice Week September 12, was marked at St Mary’s Church, Palmerston North, with people from the faith community wearing traditional dress and expressing the various elements of their culture in the liturgy.
Funding in Catholic schools was a hot topic at a pastoral area forum in Hawke’s Bay in August with one speaker saying that there is a total moratorium on new building in Catholic schools but ‘some state schools are benefiting from millions of dollars being spent on extensions and upgrades’.
A life of turmoil with a grandchild in the house or a relaxed yet ordered existence with just two teenagers to deal with ‘ there’s no contest, you would think, but now that she’s an adult, my husband and I would not swap the last 20 years for anything.