Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 1/10/16
Dear Friends, You may have noticed a few weeks ago a news report from Pew Research Center that said the share of adults living in middle income households fell to just under 50 percent last year from 61 percent in 1970. Upper income families rose to 21 percent of the...
Pastor’s Letter 1/3/16
Dear Friends, My deepest thanks for the many thoughtful gifts and cards and “goodies” you sent to me for Christmas. Now, I must start the dieting in anticipation of Lent! I will be taking a short winter vacation in mid-January with Fr. Boes. We have done an annual...
Pastor’s Letter 12/27/15
Dear Friends, It was just a day ago that we were celebrating the birth of Jesus and now as the church celebrates the feast of the Holy Family we are given the story of Jesus at age 12 staying behind at the Temple to learn from and teach the scholars of scripture. The...
Pastor’s Letter 12/20/15
Dear Friends, Christmas is upon us! Though, this year, we do have almost a full Fourth Week of Advent. Sometimes, when Christmas lands on a Monday or Tuesday, the Fourth Week of Advent is very short. So this year we get a few more days to prepare for our celebration...
Pastor’s Letter 12/6/15
Dear Friends, I think that this second week of Advent belongs to Mary. We have two major days to celebrate her this week: December 8th – the Holy Day of the Immaculate Conception and on December 12 – the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. We have listed the holy day Mass...