Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 2.5.23
Dear Friends, You may be aware from the news that Pope Francis has been visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan this past week. I am sure this has been a very important moment for the parishioners we have from South Sudan and for the students at...
Pastor’s Letter 1.29.23
Dear Friends, I am excited to say that we are ready to start a new season of watching The Chosen together as a parish and to share the experience with Fireside Chats via Zoom. We did this for the first two seasons of The Chosen and on February 7th we will begin...
Pastor’s Letter 1.22.23
Dear Friends, At the Papal Audience this week, Pope Francis gave a reflection on evangelization. This is one of the things we talk about at Cabrini on a regular basis since sharing the Good News with others is an essential part of being a disciple of Jesus. The...
Pastor’s Letter 1.15.23
Dear Friends, In 1994, the most blatant example of genocide since World War II was committed over a hundred-day period before the eyes of the world. Members of the Hutu tribe slaughtered between 800,000 and one million of their Tutsi neighbors, people with whom they...
Pastor’s Letter 1.8.23
Dear Friends, The Catholic Church celebrated the funeral for Pope Benedict this past week. Since he was retired and not active as the pontiff at the time of his death, the event drew attention but not as one would expect for the funeral of a reigning pope. Perhaps you...
Pastor’s Letter 1.1.23
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! Have you made any resolutions for the new year? This is the time to do it. However, I am not sure if most of us ever do any more than simply preparing a resolution or two. How many of us actually follow through on the resolution? I know...
Pastor’s Letter 12.25.22
Dear Friends, Merry Christmas!!!! I hope this celebration of the birth of Christ fills you with hope and joy. This celebration is always a bit shocking because of what we are celebrating – that the God who created the entire universe takes on our human flesh and...
Pastor’s Letter 12.18.22
Dear Friends, On these cold, dark days, I feel my mammalian pattern taking over. I find it hard to wake up in the deep darkness of morning; I need the bright light of the sun to rouse me from dreams and slumber. I also end up eating all those Christmas goodies you...
Pastor’s Letter
Dear Friends, Sunday afternoon at 2:00, Archbishop Lucas will call down the Holy Spirit on our eighth graders and high school students in the Sacrament of Confirmation. This is a special event for them and for us. Do you remember your own Confirmation? I was only in...
Pastor’s Letter 12.4.22
Dear Friends, Paul, in our second reading this Sunday, tells us that everything written in scripture in the past was written for our instruction, that by endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May St. Paul encourage you this Advent to...
Pastor’s Letter 11.27.22
Dear Friends, We begin our Advent season today. This year, we get four full weeks of Advent since Christmas falls on a Sunday. I suppose you could see it as having a little more time to buy your Christmas gifts for family and friends. However, I would encourage you to...
Pastor’s Letter 11.20.22
Dear Friends I recently received a beautiful reflection on how to live which was attributed to Pope Francis. I planned to use it for the bulletin letter prior to Thanksgiving. I admire Pope Francis greatly, but the passage attributed to him is not by him, but is the...