Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 12.16.18
Dear Friends, I enjoyed the recent brouhaha over the Elkhorn Grade School Principal who banned certain activities and symbols during this season because they were too overtly religious. The news story said, “Banned items listed included Santas, Christmas trees, “Elf...
Pastor’s Letter 12.9.18
Dear Friends, These may be hard days for you to admit to your friends that you are an active member of a Catholic parish. You may find yourself ducking the religion questions at gatherings of co-workers so that you do not have to defend what seems indefensible. The...
Pastor’s Letter 12.2.18
Dear Friends, Welcome to Advent. “Advent” comes from the Latin word that means “coming.” It is far more than a countdown to Christmas. Advent is a season of preparation for the coming of Christ—first and second comings. It reminds us of the great gift of the...
Pastor’s Letter 11.25.18
Dear Friends, I returned from my annual retreat just in time to join many of you at the Priests Concert on Tuesday evening at the Holland Center. Such great entertainers and what wonderful talent! If you went, I know you had a great evening and it made lots of money...
Pastor Letter 11.18.18
Dear Friends, Since I am on retreat, I will share with you part of Pope Francis’ closing homily at the recent synod of bishops: “For Jesus, the cry of those pleading for help is not a nuisance but a challenge. How important it is for us to listen to life! The children...
Letter from Archbishop Lucas
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Pastor’s Letter 11.11.18
Dear Friends, Church law requires every priest to make a weeklong annual retreat. I will be leaving for my retreat tomorrow and will return the following Monday. Please keep me in your prayers this week. I will keep you in mine. I have always enjoyed retreats and this...
Pastor’s Letter 11.4.18
Dear Friends, With the election on Tuesday, I would encourage you this weekend to reread the statement by the United States Bishops on Faithful Citizenship. You can find it on line at http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship. It is impossible to put...
Pastor’s Letter 10.28.18
Dear Friends, Thanks for all your help in completing another very successful Spaghetti Dinner. It was a smashing success thanks to the work and cooperation of so many people. It takes an army to provide almost 5,000 dinners! People always comment that the event is run...
Pastor’s Letter 10.21.18
Dear Friends, Welcome to the Spaghetti Dinner weekend! The fall Dinner always happens in the midst of falling leaves and football. I hope you can come over and join us for some great food and friendship. The team always needs your help to serve others, so if you have...
Pastor’s Letter 10.14.18
Dear Friends, A couple of weeks ago we had two young women from the John Paul II Newman Center at Masses to talk about the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. They both read a beautiful quote at the beginning of their talk from an Italian American female saint which spoke of...
Pastor’s Letter 10.7.18
Dear Friends, You may not have heard the news. A recent study from the University of Maryland has shown that members of the generation born in and after the mid 1980s are divorcing at a lower rate than prior generations! Philip Cohen, a sociology professor at the...