Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 6.26.16
Dear Friends, As I get older my memory seems to be more necessary, so I thought it interesting recently when I was reading Gerhard Lohfink’s book on Jesus that the people of Israel had a very different view of memory than we have. He says that ancient Israel always...
Pastor’s Letter 6.19.16
Dear Friends, Happy Father’s Day to all the dads in the parish! We are delighted to be honoring you today and the important role you play in the lives of your children. You deserve our gratitude and our praise. On Thursday of this week I went to a symposium hosted by...
Pastor’s Letter 6-12-16
Dear Friends, If all goes as planned, you should be hearing the original church bells ringing again this weekend before Masses and in jubilation as the Santa Lucia statue is taken from the church down Tenth Street to the annual festival. What a joy for us to have the...
Pastor’s Letter 6-5-16
Dear Friends, This weekend I celebrate 35 years of priesthood. It has been a rich and wonderful journey of service and love. I could have never imagined all the wonder that God would put into my life when I lay prostrate on the floor of the Cathedral 35 years ago....
Pastor’s Letter 5-29-16
Dear Friends, I heard a story recently from a mother who had raised several children. One Sunday morning at Mass she was enjoying herself sitting behind a young family at church. The young family had two children under the age of three and the two-year old was...
Pastor’s Letter 5-22-16
Dear friends, There were a couple of pieces of news this week that we should use and celebrate. The first one concerned the positive health benefits from attending Mass each week; the other concerned religious freedom. The first was a study published by JAMA last...
Pastor’s Letter 5-15-16
Dear Friends, Happy Birthday Church!!!! Each year at Pentecost we celebrate the birth of the Church. At Christmas it is the birth of Jesus, at Pentecost the Church’s birth. The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples makes the Church possible. The story we hear...
Pastor’s Letter 5/8/16
Dear Friends, Before writing to all our mothers about their special day, I need to do a quick reminder to everyone. Of our 312 regular parish contributors we have received 115 updated data forms…so, before we start mailing out forms to everyone, (with the added cost...
Pastor’s Letter 5/1/16
Dear Friends, Jesus tells his disciples in the gospel today, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine...
Pastor’s Letter 4/24/16
Dear Friends, WOW. So many people! So many helpers! Time went so fast! We ran out of food! The wonderful article in the Omaha World-Herald by Erin Grace brought us lots of new faces and helped explain to the community our parish’s deep commitment to helping our school...
Pastor’s Letter 4/17/16
Dear Friends, I hope you can join us for the Spaghetti Dinner today. Lots of our parishioners have worked hard preparing for this wonderful event. I am deeply grateful to all who have helped and will be helping today. It takes many people to make these kinds of events...
Pastor’s Letter 4/10/16
Dear Friends, Next weekend is our spring Spaghetti Dinner! Please remind your friends, tell your relatives and bring your neighbors to this wonderful event with great food and fun. And, if you have not set aside a time to help, please consider doing that as well. It...