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 people were simple mountain farmers’, ‘salt of the earth’, ‘God’s aniwim. We worked among them as a pastoral team, supported by our Mercy congregations and donations from Canada, Spain, Germany and ANZ.
A common theme was one of gratitude and awareness of the process of this particular ministry which calls the team of prayer guides to help create ‘circles of grace’ wherever these retreats take place and in whatever context of the ordinary daily life of each participant.
Year 13 physical education students at St Peter’s College, Palmerston North, who have just completed a triathlon, reflect on the concept of hauora and spirituality. Here are some of their findings.
St Peters College teacher, Ken Benn, has written a novel for teenagers. A university teacher and a number of teenagers give their opinion on his success.
For many Catholic Māori the Hui Aranga each Easter continues to be a significant focal point. This goes back to the early days of the Marist Fathers’ mission among Catholic Māori people. A more recent development has been the quarterly gatherings of Waka Aroha.
Drawing on the see-judge-act process that has its roots with Cardinal Joseph Cardijn and the Young Catholic Worker movement, the day was divided into three key sections: What Scientists are Saying, Spirituality for Change and Future Strategies for Energy Use’”What can I do?
Organised by a small group of Wellington-based Pākehā and New Zealand-born Chinese, we were given the opportunity to explore what it is to be a New Zealander and how we identify ourselves and each other.
Caritas delegates from the 162 member organisations around the world recently gathered in the Synod Hall in Vatican City for the four-yearly General Assembly of the worldwide Caritas Confederation.
6 July 2007
A Chaldean Catholic priest, Fr Ragheed, and three of his deacons, were murdered in the Iraqi city of Mosul on 3 June as they left the Church of the Holy Spirit after Sunday services.