Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein

Pastor’s Letter 11.7.21

Pastor’s Letter 11.7.21

Dear Friends, As I mentioned last week, the Church has begun a Synodal process to listen, pray and decide together where the Spirit of God is leading the Church. Here is the statement about the process from our local Archdiocese: On March 7, 2021, Pope Francis...

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Pastor’s Letter 10.31.21

Pastor’s Letter 10.31.21

Dear Friends, You may not be aware of it, but a historical step in the history of the church began this month. AND, Pope Francis wants you to be a part of it. Let me give you some information from the preparatory Vatican documents so you may have a better...

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Pastor’s Letter 10.24.21

Pastor’s Letter 10.24.21

Dear Friends, Thanks so much for the wonderful work done by so many of you in preparing for and executing the Spaghetti Dinner last Sunday. Our attendance numbers were lower (as expected) because of Covid19, but we still did a huge amount of takeout dinners and had a...

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Pastor’s letter 10.17.21

Pastor’s letter 10.17.21

Dear Friends, Today we have our fall Spaghetti Dinner. I hope that you will take a little time and join us for a meal. Even better, I hope you take an hour or two and help us serve the food to our neighbors and friends who have come to join us for this great event....

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Pastor’s Letter 10.10.21

Pastor’s Letter 10.10.21

Dear Friends, The Opening Prayer (Collect) for last week’s Masses had an interesting statement in it that has intrigued me all week. Here is the phrase, “pour out your mercy upon us to pardon what conscience dreads and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.” At...

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Pastor’s Letter 10.3.21

Pastor’s Letter 10.3.21

Dear Friends, After all our preparation to engage a wider group in our Fireside Chat for The Chosen this fall, we failed to predict that our media producer would fall ill and be unable to be with us for a sustained period of time. So, we have put season two of The...

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Pastor’s Letter 9.26.21

Pastor’s Letter 9.26.21

Dear Friends, All of our registered parishioners should have received the parish Annual Report in the mail this week. If you did not receive one, you may not be registered or we may have the wrong address for you. There are extra copies of the annual report at the...

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Pastor’s Letter 9.19.21

Pastor’s Letter 9.19.21

Dear Friends, If you have been paying attention to what is happening in the Archdiocese, then you know that Archbishop Lucas has given a challenge to each of the parishes to become a “missional community”. That means we are to do much more than simply maintain our...

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Pastor’s Letter 9.12.21

Pastor’s Letter 9.12.21

Dear Friends, First of all, thank you so very much for the cards and well wishes given for my 40th anniversary celebration. I am deeply touched by this outpouring of love. My hope is to respond with thank you’s over the next two months. Look for something in the...

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Pastor’s Letter 9.4.21

Pastor’s Letter 9.4.21

Dear Friends, This weekend we are having an open house to celebrate the 40th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. The anniversary was June 6th, but I thought Covid might have waned if we waited until September – boy, was I wrong on that one! Join us if you...

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Pastor’s Letter 8.29.21

Pastor’s Letter 8.29.21

Dear Friends, I read a delightful book this past week. It is by Oliver Burkeman and it bears the title, Four Thousand Weeks. It is a book about time management, but rather than looking outward to productivity strategies, Four Thousand Weeks encourages an inner shift...

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Pastor’s Letter 8.22.21

Pastor’s Letter 8.22.21

Dear Friends, As the new school year begins and cooler evenings are upon us, I am having flashbacks to the daily opening of my philosophy and theology classes in college. I attended the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. The philosophy and theology classes...

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