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).
The importance of those within a particular faith discussing their differences as well as of dialogue between adherents of different traditions was highlighted at the fifth Aotearoa New Zealand National Interfaith Forum at Parliament last month.
A blustery Wairarapa morning greeted the more than 60 friends and family of Ross Wilson gathered on March 2 for the unveiling of his memorial plaque and tekoteko.
Christina Reymer4 April 2008 The New Zealand agency Mahitahi Catholic Overseas Volunteers, sent three volunteers, Dr Alice Guidera (pictured left with staff at Nila), Alex McDonald (civil engineer), and Simon Allison (builder), in October–November 2007 to assist in the Shortland Is, Western Province of the Solomon Islands, with post-tsunami and earthquake reconstruction and rehabilitation. The […]
Michele Lafferty gave this tribute to Chiara Lubich and the Focolare Movement at a memorial service in Wellington on March 27.
Adherents of the Focolare Movement are mourning the death of the movement’s founder, Chiara Lubich, who died in Rome, March 14, 2008.
A spokesperson for the Order of Malta which organised the Mass, Peter Wood, said the fact that the day coincided with the 150th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady to Bernadette at Lourdes, and with World Day of Prayer for the Sick, it was a very special occasion.
Readers born before about 1960 will remember April 10, 1968’”40 years ago on Thursday’”when the Wahine sank at the entrance to Wellington Harbour below Star of the Sea convent and boarding school.
Cecil B de Mille’s movie of the fiery finger of God writing the 10 commandments on stone makes for a spectacular piece of film, but was this the way it really happened?
Another consideration for parishes is the escalating violence in our society, the drinking culture which we hear about weekend after weekend in the news. Do we as Christian communities try to respond to some of these challenges or do we see them as someone else’s responsibility?
As Beijing’s attempts to dominate a non-compliant Tibet presents itself in violent suppression of rebellion, the Vatican’s pronouncement of a renewed list of capital sins is timely.