Preachers at the banquet of Holy Wisdom
Dr Reid prescribed a three-course meal in which the spirituality of the preacher is expounded in words and themes that the hearers understand through their own spiritual journey.
Welcom Archive 2007-2026
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).
Welcoming the stranger
‘You hypocrites, you’re in here saying your prayers and I’m out there struggling to survive’.
Letter from Lyon
A meeting of two peoples, of two churches’Lyon and Wellington’from either ends of the earth.
A Sister speaks of her 40 years teaching in the Israeli-occupied territories
Living in the Middle East for over 40 years, Maltese nun Patricia Crockford, who teaches music at Bethlehem University, tells of the human suffering she has witnessed.
A call from a Gaza pulpit for Middle East peace
Fr Manuel Musallam gave this homily in mid-January 2009 just after the ‘ceasefire’ after a 22-day Israeli invasion of Gaza.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Romans – more reflections on Paul
The Letter to the Romans represents the Mount Everest of New Testament scholarship. As the Christian church crumbled under the Barbarian invasions, Augustine learned from Romans how one can construct a view of human nature and the state which can survive the breakdown of civilisation.
Wellington protests war in Gaza
Last month a bass drum beat out across Wellington’s Civic Square the death toll of (then) more than 800 people killed in the so-called ’22-day war’ launched by the Israeli military against the people of Gaza on December 27.
All called through baptism to a royal priesthood
On December 13, 2008, Vince Onesi was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Palmerston North. We reprint here Bishop Peter Cullinane’s homily.
Social justice awareness builds communities of hope
In 2006 the archdiocesan synod offered a prophetic statement concerning social justice: ‘In 2011 all members of the archdiocese will know and understand that social justice is at the heart of the gospel.’