Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
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...
Pastor’s Letter 11.13.22
Dear Friends, You should have recently received a reminder letter in the mail from the Archdiocese concerning the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal. Our parish is about half way to the goal given to us. I am sure we will be able to make our goal if all of us contribute...
Pastor’s Letter 11.6.22
Dear Friends, As you have heard me frequently say, you do not need to be perfect to follow Jesus nor do we need to have everything in our lives in perfect order to be a disciple of Jesus. If we wait until our lives are perfect before becoming disciples of Jesus...
Pastor’s Letter 10.30.22
Dear Friends, There was news this past week concerning test scores in our nation’s public schools. They had fallen as a result of the inability to have regular classes and teaching during the pandemic. What was not included in the national reporting of the test...
Pastor’s Letter 10.23.22
Dear Friends, Thanks for carrying out another successful Spaghetti Dinner! I was reminded of it on the following Tuesday at my regular dental checkup. The dental assistant who was cleaning my teeth said that she had come to the Spaghetti Dinner for the first time. She...
Pastor’s Letter 10.16.22
Dear Friends, This weekend, I am attempting to be in two places at the same time. I am serving as the Spiritual Director for the Women’s Christians Encounter Christ weekend. I am also going to try to be present for weekend activities at Cabrini such as the Spaghetti...
Pastor’s Letter 10.9.22
Dear Friends, Our Jewish brothers and sisters have just completed one of the most important periods in the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year began on September 25th, followed ten days later by Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement (October 5). Many Jews...
Pastor’s Letter 10.2.22
Dear Friends, Here are the conclusions from the local input which are now presented to the United States Bishops and which will then be sent to Rome in preparation for the Synod on the Church: I. ...
Pastor’s Letter 9.25.22
Dear Friends, This letter continues our summary of the results of the listening sessions and responses to the questionnaire done in the archdiocese in preparation for the Synod on the Church. This summary was sent to the United States Bishop’s Conference for inclusion...