Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 11.9.25
Dear Friends, Pope Leo takes Tuesday off from his busy schedule, but even on his day off, he fields questions from journalists and tourists who have gone out to Castel Gandolfo in hopes of a closer encounter with the Pope than is possible at the Vatican. This past...
Pastor’s Letter 11.2.25
Dear Friends, I have just returned from my annual retreat – a week of prayer, silence, time alone with God. A week always seems too short when it comes to a retreat. Just as I am getting into the rhythms of prayer, the week is over. I suppose it is a good thing that I...
Pastor’s Letter 10.26.25
Dear Friends, We conclude our fall stewardship reflections this Sunday by pausing to look at how we are doing in thanking God for the gifts God has given us. In the history of the Church, this has focused on almsgiving and returning a “tithe” to the work of God in the...
Pastor’s Letter 10.19.25
Dear Friends, This weekend, we are inviting parishioners to pause for a bit and examine your level of service to others and to the parish community. I have been impressed by the generosity of our Cabrini parishioners in offering their time and talents to further the...
Pastor’s Letter 10.12.25
Dear Friends, Our pilgrimage group has returned from Greece and Rome a bit weary but filled with the joy that comes when we journey with Jesus. Many of you have probably seen the video of Pope Leo going by our group at a special Saturday audience in the “pope mobile”....
Pastor’s Letter 10.5.25
Dear Friends, This weekend, our pilgrimage group is in Rome with Pope Leo and thousands of other pilgrimswho are celebrating the Jubilee Year. We are only spending three days in Rome but thought itimportant to end here because of the Jubilee Year and because it is...
Pastor’s Letter 9.28.25
Dear Friends, I am on a Jubilee Year pilgrimage to Greece and Rome. We will return October 7th. So, you get Pope Leo for the reflection this week: At the heart of the account of the Passion, in the most luminous and at the same time darkest moment of Jesus’...
Pastor’s Letter 9.21.25
Dear Friends, As part of the Jubilee experience at Cabrini, I and 45 of your fellow parishioners are going to become “real” pilgrims, going on a traditional pilgrimage, following the path St. Paul took 2,000 years ago. When the Holy Year was announced by Pope Francis,...
Pastor’s Letter 9.14.25
Dear Friends, Once again, there is violence in our country. In a high school and on a university campus,people were shot and killed. Once again, people stand on different sides of political spectrumsand shout slogans at each other. Once again, dialogue is missing,...
Pastor’s Letter 9.7.25
Dear Friends, During this Jubilee year we have been reflecting on hope. Of the three theological virtues, it is probably the hardest to understand. Too many of us confuse hope with optimism. Last week, Pope Leo, in his Wednesday audience, said that hope is a decision....
Pastor’s Letter 8.31.25
Dear Friends, As I started writing the bulletin letter this week, the news was full of the tragic shooting at a Catholic Parish in Minneapolis. While the grade school students were at their opening school Mass, a shooter stood outside and fired at them through the...
Pastor’s Letter 8.24.25
Dear Friends, Pope Leo gives an audience each Wednesday and that happens to be the same day I normally write the bulletin letter. I read his reflection as a way of getting ideas to write about in my letter. The problem is that Pope Leo’s reflections at the audience...