Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 7.29.18
Dear Friends, With old buildings come past glory and, sometimes, present pain. At Cabrini, we have a beautiful old church to gather in each week. Many of the items in the church predate our present building built in 1908. The back altar, the statues, the oil painting...
Pastor’s Letter 7.22.18
Dear Friends, Whenever I watch British television, the different ways they use the English language strikes me. One of those is the use of the word “holiday” when talking about taking time away. They are off on a “holiday.” The origin of the word “holiday” comes from...
Pastor’s Letter 7.15.18
Dear Friends, The Church in its totality, in all of its members, has a missionary task. Love of God and love of neighbor are one in the eyes of Jesus. The commission he gives to the disciples in today’s gospel is for all of us. No member of the body of Christ is alive...
Pastor’s Letter 7.8.18
Dear Friends, Many of us get a chance to see new sights during these summer days as we travel on vacations with family and friends. We go to National Parks or to foreign lands or pause for just a bit to look at some local natural beauty. I hope these moments of...
Pastor’s Letter 7.1.18
Dear Friends, This week we celebrate the Fourth of July and all the unique civic rituals that go with it. For disciples of Jesus it is a celebration that garners mixed feelings, for we acknowledge Christ as our ruler and king – not a government, no matter how...
Pastor’s Letter 6.24.18
Dear Friends, Thank you for responding to the request we made last week, in which we asked you to contact your representatives about the immigration dilemma. There was progress this week with the President deciding to issue an executive order to stop the separation of...
Pastor’s Letter 6.17.18
Dear Friends, Next Sunday, we will have a second collection to help pay for the costs of the work project in the village of San Miguel Acatan. The work of our mission project helps people to stay in their homeland with their loved ones rather than immigrate to foreign...
Pastor’s Letter 6.10.18
Dear Friends, Happy Santa Lucia festival weekend!! I hope you have a chance to enjoy the music and the food and the friendships. Please stay cool in the midst of the heat. I continue to be impressed during the festival by the willingness of so many folks to openly...
Pastor’s Letter 6.3.18
Dear Friends, When I open the outer tabernacle door to retrieve the reserved Eucharist, you may notice that there is a pelican painted on the door. The pelican mother in the painting is poking her chest with her bill to offer her own blood to her little chicks. The...
Pastor’s Letter 5.27.18
Dear Friends, Each year, on the Sunday following Pentecost, the church celebrates the feast of the Holy Trinity. A mystery. A concept that is difficult to understand. Yet, the Trinity is at the very heart of the Christian understanding of God. It is Jesus who reveals...
Pastor’s Letter 5.20.18
Dear Friends, On this Sunday when we celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit into our midst and the beginning of the Church, I thought it would be good to continue some of Pope Francis recent letter to you about holiness and prayer. The following...
Pastor’s Letter 5.13.18
Dear Friends, You may have noticed that I have not been around the parish the last two weekends. I left shortly after the Spaghetti Dinner to take a vacation with a few friends to Israel. I am back – not rested of course – but I am back. The trip went very well except...