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).
Between three and 10 percent of the older population is abused or neglected, according to a recent Age Concern report.
The report said that referrals to agencies dealing with elder abuse and neglect were only ‘the tip of the iceberg’ and up to 45,00
Pentecost reminds us of God’s Spirit birthing the Church. Throughout the Christian world faith communities have been reliving that first out-pouring of God’s Spirit which continues to call believers to ‘go out’ and ‘to preach God’s Good News’.
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A sense of wonder and awe.
Thinking about Trinity confuses.
One in three, three in one.
Augustine and the hole in the sand.
The fish swimming in the water,
looking for the ocean,
Saint Catherine and her images –
table, f
The National Catholic Youth Ministry Award Scheme – the Delargey Awards – are sponsored by the National Council for Young Catholics (NCYC). NCYC is the New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference Agency for Young Catholics.
The awards recognise signific
Benedict XVI has urged an ecumenical gathering to collaborate in support of families in which spouses belong to different Christian confessions.
The Pope made this proposal in Poland, last month when addressing a gathering in the Lutheran Church of t
A Franciscan priest who has been hailed as a modern prophet offering hope in the midst of the bleakness of the prevailing thought and culture of attitudes of the present-day West, is coming to Wellington in October.
Fr Richard Rohr is well known to
The Sydney-based iconographer who created the icon of Ss Peter and Paul which dominates the nave of the Lower Hutt church, is showing some of his other work in the parish hall at the end of the month.
Michael Galovic, will exhibit his paintings of t
Matariki is our Aotearoa Pacific New Year. Matariki, the seven-star cluster also known as Pleiades, rises over the horizon in late May. At the time of the first full moon after Māori New Year begins – this year on June 27.
The plight of some of the lowest paid workers, cleaners, and the country’s reliance on them in the event of an epidemic was highlighted last month when the CleanStart campaign was launched in 10 cities across New Zealand and Australia.
In Wellington
The first theological questions asked by Catholic social teaching (CST) are: What is the situation of commercial cleaners? What is their reality?
While there might be various answers to these questions CST looks particularly to the social location o