Background
Zuerlein, Damian Joseph was born on May 28, 1955 in Norfolk, Nebraska, United States. Son of Victor Damian and Elizabeth P. (Wegener) Zuerlein.
Zuerlein, Damian Joseph was born on May 28, 1955 in Norfolk, Nebraska, United States. Son of Victor Damian and Elizabeth P. (Wegener) Zuerlein.
Bachelor, University St. Thomas, St. Paul, 1977. Master of Divinity, St. Paul Seminary, 1981.
Teacher Norfolk Catholic High School, 1981—1985. Assistant pastor Sacred Heart/St. Mary's Parish, 1981—1985. Associate pastor St. Pius X Catholic Church, Omaha, 1985-1988, Mary Our Queen Catholic Church, Omaha, 1988-1990.
Pastor Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, 1990—2004, St. Agnes Parish, Omaha, 1997—2004, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Omaha, 2002—2003, St. Columbkille Parish, Papillion, since 2004. Consultant Archdiocesan Vocations Office, Omaha, 1985-1995. Chairman, co-founder Omaha Together One Community, 1991-1995.
Co-founder Weaving, Women's Advocacy Group, Omaha, since 1988, co-founder IXIM Spirit of Solidarity, since 2004.
Advisor Mayor P.J. Morgan, Omaha, 1991—1995. Active Governor Nelson's Urban Advisory Task Force, 1994, Domestic Violence Coordinating Council Greater Omaha, since 1996, National Campaign for Human Development Advisory Board, 1997—2000, Nebraska Governor's Task Force on Immigration, 1999—2000. Founder, director Guadalupe-Ines Mission School, 1998—2004.
Delegate Omaha City Charter Review Convention, 2003. President Omaha Presbyterian Council, 2003—2006, Greater Omaha Clergy Association, 1987—1988. Board directors United Catholic Social Services, 1990—1996, Chicano Awareness Center, Omaha, 1991—1998, Omaha Food Bank, since 2000, Visiting Nurse Association, 1996—2000, Omaha 100 Inc., 1991—1996, chair, 1991—1993.
Board directors South Omaha Neighborhood Association, 1992, president, 1994—1998. Member Pax Cristi, Amnesty International, Fontenelle Forest Association.
