Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
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...
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...