Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 6.1.25
Dear Friends, With the passing of Memorial Day and the Feast of the Ascension, summer is clearly upon us. Next Sunday is Pentecost and priestly ordinations will happen at the Cathedral on Saturday morning. Those events, as well, should say summer is here. I suppose...
Pastor’s Letter 5.25.25
Dear Friends, Last Sunday, Pope Leo had his inaugural Mass. There, in the homily, he laid out how he saw his job as the Pope. I want to share with you some of that homily. I thought it was beautiful, even if it came from a guy from Chicago! Of course, it was in...
Pastor’s Letter 5.18.25
Dear Friends, Sharing parishioners’ stories about the power of prayer and the hope such power proclaims. Peace, Fr. Damian Karly Jurgensen Daniels Six years ago, I was pregnant with my second child. Halfway through my pregnancy, we learned that she had a...
Pastor’s Letter 5.11.25
Dear Friends, Wow. What a week for Catholics in Omaha and the world! Catholics in Chicago can celebrate theirimpact with these two new Catholic pastors – Archbishop McGovern for the Archdiocese of Omaha andPope Leo for the entire world. If you would have suggested...
Pastor’s Letter 5.4.25
Dear Friends, Sharing a parishioner’s story about the power of prayer and the hope such power proclaims. Peace, Fr. Damian I’ve always had some relationship with prayer – though I’ll be the first to admit that just like how all relationships take work… I haven’t...
Pastor’s Letter 4.27.25
Dear Friends, Sharing a parishioner’s story about the power of prayer and the hope such power proclaims. Peace, Fr. Damian My Recent Experience With Prayer I’m humbled to have been asked to share with you all a little bit about how prayer has helped me as I navigate...
Pastor’s Letter 4.20.25
Dear Friends, I hope you have enjoyed the personal reflections on the power of prayer that fellow parishioners have shared with us in this space during the season of Lent. We have a few more to share with you during the Easter season. I know reading them has impacted...
Pastor’s Letter 4.13.25
Dear Friends, Sharing a parishioner’s story about the power of prayer and the hope such power proclaims. Peace, Fr. Damian About 11 years ago, I was diagnosed with a cancerous growth in my lower abdomen. I ignored it for several years. Finally, my family had me visit...
Pastor’s Letter 4.6.25
Dear Friends, Sharing a parishioner’s story about the power of prayer and the hope such power proclaims. Peace, Fr. Damian As many of you know, intercessory prayer has been a huge part of my family’s life in a very special way over the past few years. In October of...
Pastor’s Letter 3.30.25
Dear Friends, Sharing a parishioner’s story about the power of prayer and the hope such power proclaims. Peace, Fr. Damian I’ve hesitated to share this story because my intercessory prayer was answered in four minutes. And the way I know that it was answered in four...
Pastor’s Letter 3.23.25
Dear Friends, Sharing a parishioner’s story about the power of prayer and the hope such power proclaims. Peace, Fr. Damian PRAYER = HOPE I always thought intercessory prayer was a gift someone SUPER holy had. Now, I can see that it is a gift to be shared, and we are...