Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 12.10.23
Dear Friends, Having celebrated the Holy Day of the Immaculate Conception, we quickly move on to the Second Sunday of Advent and come to realize that Christmas is not far away now. Our shortened Advent only gives us two weeks until the celebration of Jesus’ birth. So,...
Pastor’s Letter 12.3.23
Dear Friends, Welcome to Advent. Welcome to a new liturgical year. Welcome to our time of preparing our hearts and lives to celebrate the Word of God made flesh. When God became flesh in Jesus, a great deal more was achieved than we can ever realize. The extent...
Pastor’s Letter 11.26.23
Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King. It is one of the newer feasts in the Catholic Church. It was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925. The pope was witness to a turbulent time in the world’s history. World War I had torn apart Christian...
Pastor’s Letter 11.19.23
Dear Friends, The Synod’s full document has been released and is forty pages long. Too long for me to put into this format. You can find the full document at the Vatican Website, just look for the English version. However, since I am returning from the pilgrimage to...
Pastor’s Letter 11.12.23
Dear Friends, Two years ago, we launched our Cabrini Communities. While the idea of gathering as Christians in small groups to pray together, reflect on our lives, and share deeper friendship is not new, the creation of our Cabrini Communities was new for us. What was...
Pastor’s Letter 11.5.23
Dear Friends, The first part of the international Synod on Synodality ended recently and they published a brief letter summarizing the discussions that took place during the month of meeting together. They will meet again next year. The question that arises in my mind...
Pastor’s Letter 10.29.23
Dear Friends, This week Wednesday we have a Holy Day to celebrate, the feast of All Saints. While Thursday is not a Holy Day, the Commemoration of All Souls may be more deeply remembered as a time to pray for our loved ones who have died. Most people may not remember...
Pastor’s Letter 10.22.23
Dear Friends, First of all, my thanks to all of you who gave of yourselves to make our fall Spaghetti Dinner a great success. As I mingle with our guests throughout the day, they often comment about how they feel welcomed by your care for them, your friendly smile,...
Pastor’s Letter 10.15.23
Dear Friends, Last weekend, Charlie Petro from Ixim, Spirit of Solidarity, spoke at all the Masses at Cabrini about the importance of our ongoing commitment and involvement with this Mission of the Archdiocese. Wonderfully, I was connected with Ixim when it began...
Pastor’s Letter 10.8.23
Dear Friends, The Synod on Synodality has begun. To start the media feeding there was a public disclosure of a series of questions asked by some of the older cardinals, not attending the Synod, who had some doubts about its direction. Since they went public with...
Pastor’s Letter 10.1.23
Dear Friends, The Synod on Synodality begins this week in Rome. Compared to past synods there is a lot of information about this one in the media. It has generated some controversy even before it meets because Pope Francis asked all of us in the Church to be involved....
Pastor’s Letter 9.24.23
Dear Friends, One of the graces of my annual retreat this year was spending a good amount of time talking with Godabout where I am at in my life – not “at” as when it comes to Cabrini but “at’ as when it comes to myage. As I get near the optional retirement age for...