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).
At the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, Governor Hobson affirmed, in response to a question from Catholic Bishop Pompallier, ‘the several faiths (beliefs) of England, of the Wesleyans, of Rome, and also Māori custom shall alike be protected’. This foundation creates the opportunity to reaffirm an acknowledgement of the diversity of beliefs in New Zealand.
Catholic Social Teaching (CST) is one of the tools we have for helping us understand what God is asking of us today in our world.
Members of the three canonical bodies, the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, the Board of Administration and the Council of Priests met for their annual gathering during the first weekend of March.
Sister Frances Gibbs has belonged to the Order of Brigidine Sisters for the past 52 years, and has touched the lives of hundreds of people in a very special way. Over the years she has been an active blood donor, and also cared for those who needed blood.
The Sisters of Compassion’s new purchase, Compassion House in Luke’s Lane, central Wellington, was opened on 23 February. The Governor-General of New Zealand, The Honourable Anand Satyanand, gave the following speech.
Years of struggle to define spirituality in a way that does justice both to the traditional and religious framework in which the spiritual life has been treated in the past have brought Fr David Ranson to realise that it is about being awake.
Being awarded a certificate in English for Speakers of Other Languages was a huge achievement for Tseheinesh Kahsay Woreita of Tigray and has spurred her on to more study. Tseheinesh arrived in New Zealand in 1998 after spending 15 years in a Sudanese refugee camp and before that, walking for eight days with a young child to escape her embattled country.
Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and people from various other faiths met on common ground – the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit – to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March.
From time immemorial food has been invested with cultural values that acknowledge it as a gift. However, the globalisation of food production and distribution disrupts these mores and values not by the free choice of affected populations but as an imposition of global players. This was the problem examined by three authoritative speakers at a recent seminar arranged by the Tamihana Foundation.