Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 1.1.17
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! May the new year be filled with wonder and blessings. Pope Francis is always challenging us to see and hear the gospel message in a way that calls us to change our stance. His Christmas homily is an example of that. I want to share part...
Pastor’s Letter 12.25.16
Merry Christmas! “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in a land of doom a light has shone.” (Isaiah) As this year comes to an end and as we celebrate Christmas, this message from Isaiah is a very relevant one. Darkness for...
Pastor’s Letter 12.18.16
Dear Friends, This year you are getting a two for one special! Both Christmas and the Feast of Mary the Mother of God (January 1) fall on a Sunday this year. Most years, we celebrate those two holy days and then have to turn right around and celebrate the Sunday...
Pastor’s Letter 12.11.16
“Be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You too must be patient. Make your hearts firm, because the coming of...
Pastor’s Letter 12.4.16
Dear Friends, Welcome to the Second Sunday of Advent. We continue preparing our hearts and minds for the coming of Christ at Christmas and his second coming at the end of time. The Second Sunday always belongs to John the Baptist who prepared for the first...
Pastor’s Letter 11.27.16
Dear Friends, At the close of the Jubilee Year last Sunday, Pope Francis spoke about mercy one last time. It was a wonderful talk that I would encourage all of you to read in its entirety. Here is the beginning of the talk: “MISERICORDIA ET MISERA is a...
Pastor’s Letter 11.20.16
Dear Friends, Today, the Feast of Christ the King, wraps up our Jubilee Year of Mercy. Pope Francis had offered this special year as an opportunity and a challenge. It was to be an opportunity to reflect on the wonder of God’s mercy, to change ourselves for the...
Pastor’s Letter 11.13.16
Dear Friends, The hard work of a democracy is not the election process, it is what happens between elections in the ongoing interchange between the citizens and those who were elected. Your work as a citizen in a democracy did not end on Tuesday. You simply chose...
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...
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...