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).
Parishes Bill Orange11 February 2010 The Mass on December 5 at St Mary’s Parish, Carterton, and party afterwards became a celebration of the graduation as lay pastoral leaders of Sharon Penny and Eleanor Hautler. Sharon and Eleanor are both teachers at St Mary’s School and completed the course at their own cost. The celebrations were […]
The 7.0 magnitude quake has tugged at the heartstrings of people the world over, but the arrest last weekend of members of an Idaho church group for trying to take a busload of Haitian children out of the country, ostensibly to rescue them, shows what happens when good intentions meet an international disaster in a world sensitised to the possible exploitation of children.
Bethlehem University student Berlanty Azzam finally graduated with a bachelor degree in business administration in January, 75 days after being blindfolded, handcuffed and taken from Bethlehem to Gaza.
The door opens and Josh Ryan enters beaming. ‘Hi Josh!’ the class cries, shaking the rafters a little. He and the class have been working on projects that answer questions about the Special Olympics
When you want to know about a situation in society, it is wise to listen to those who have had years of experience at the coalface of the villages, plantations, barrios, favela and city slums.
It’s likely that the regime in Myanmar survives on the enormous revenues it receives from gas and oil companies that ignore the abuses that take place where they are doing business. Some forced labour occurs to ensure the low running costs of the businesses themselves.
We wanted to bring the aluminium sculpture in the shape of a koru containing messages from relatives of those who had died in the [November 1979] crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901.
Former Jesuit Refugee Services International Director Fr Mark Raper has argued that the developed world has a responsibility to vulnerable people who cannot live decently in their homelands because of climate change, natural disaster or war.
Amid dust, heat, violence and apathy, 80 unschooled youngsters from Venezuela’s poorest families in the south of the city of Valencia queue up to enrol in Colegio Juan Claudio Colin founded by New Zealand Marist Father Pat Brophy some 20 years ago.
Burmese refugees outnumber Thais by four to one in the capital city of Ranong province where Jonny Boon and Mary-Grace Williams work.