Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 11.6.16
Dear Friends, With the election taking place this week and so much turmoil taking place because of the acidity of the presidential campaign, I think it is good for us to remember a few things that we are taught in scripture and in our Catholic tradition. Remember that...
Pastor’s Letter 10.16.16
Dear Friends, Our Spaghetti Dinner is this weekend! Please come and join us for some great food or come to the takeout side and take some home with you to share with your family. The proceeds from the dinner help us to pay our share of the costs to operate All Saints...
Annual Report 2015/2016
http://stcabriniomaha.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Annual-Report-15.16-sm..pdfDear Friends, Church law requires that pastors give a report each year to their parishioners on how the financial gifts given to the parish were used. I do not see this responsibility as a burden, but as an opportunity to share with you the amazing things God...
Pastor’s Letter 10.9.16
Dear Friends, Disciples of Jesus belong to a church, to a community of believers. There are those who say that they are Christians, but do not ever come to church. To them, I say that they need to go back and read and study about this person they say they follow...
Pastor’s Letter 10.2.16
Dear Friends, With this letter we continue our annual look at how well we are doing in following Jesus; how is our discipleship going? Today’s gospel challenges us to look at what have been commanded to do as disciples and not to glory in any of it…because we are...
Pastor’s Letter 9.25.16
Dear Friends, As I mentioned last week, I think September and October are a good time for us to pause and evaluate how we are doing in our following of Jesus. Then, once we have figured out how we are doing, we need to come up with a plan to improve our discipleship...
Pastor’s Letter 9.18.16
Dear Friends, I thought I was having a pleasant conversation recently about the expectations the church had of parents if they wanted to have their children baptized, it was not the parent who called but a grandparent. I could tell things were not going well...
Pastor’s Letter 9-11-16
Dear Friends, On September 11, 2001, I headed out early in the morning for a meeting of the Hate Crimes Task Force. The meeting that month was being held at the City-County Building and I parked north of the Federal Reserve Bank Building. I noticed increased...
Pastor’s Letter 9.4.16
Dear Friends, Each year the Catholic bishops of the United States issue a statement on Labor Day about the concerns for the average workers in our country. I have always found them to have good insights with helpful, Catholic approaches to the problems we face. Here...
Pastor’s Letter
Dear Friends, This weekend we are celebrating another important landmark for our parish – the open house of our new Cabrini Parish Center, the former Christ Child building. We now have meeting rooms and offices and more classroom space. If all goes well in the...
Pastor’s Letter
Dear Friends, The school year is underway! You can feel the excitement in the air as children gather with new and old friends to learn and grow. All Saints has been busy this summer with two classrooms moving across to the Cabrini Parish Center and new carpet...
Pastor’s Letter 8.14.16
Dear Friends, Here is a little more from Pope Francis’ recent meeting with the bishops of Poland: The question: Dear Pope Francis, before all else we are most grateful that you have deepened the teaching of mercy inaugurated by Saint John Paul II right here in Kraków....