Retreat team booked out for ’09
Retreat in Daily Life team reflects on the year.
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).
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
World Youth Day a community experience
‘WYD brings us closer to Jesus even in those moments when we are struggling. It is often those difficult times that teach us more about ourselves and others and, in doing so, we can learn more about God.
Josie on World Youth Day
It is no longer enough to just believe but it is now a duty to share and testify to the love, joy, hope and faith that I witnessed in Sydney.
Pilgrims reflect on the WYD experience
‘WYD confronted me and created a lot of profound questions like, How can our simple human likeness be diminished by some peoples’ need to be right and to force their view on others?’
Valuable lessons for relationships in ferry travel
So far I learned two lessons. On board the disabled ferry we were kept reasonably well informed at each stage and it was accepted, while on the later ferry they didn’t give the passengers any information and the people became pretty angry. That’s the moral to this story.
The legacy of World Youth Day
One thing I am sure of is that parishes must give lead roles to younger Catholics’not through tokenism, but simply because they are already members of Christ’s body and he speaks to us through them.
World Youth Day a mixed bag with a positive challenge
At times I felt I was part of the church of the present and other times I felt I had been, like Dr Who, transported back in time to situations that I encountered as a little girl in the church of the late 1950s and 1960s.
Lay pastoral training on track
‘The important work to be done at parish level is to guarantee pastoral care. Therefore, it is vital that lay leaders are trained to take over religious services when priests are not there.’