 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokugadzwa, Zielinski akashanda somufundisi weparishi paImmaculate Conception parish muTraverse City kubva muna 1996 kusvika muna 1998. Akabva ashanda semufundisi weSt. Philip Neri parish muEmpire uye St. Rita-St. Parish yaJoseph muMaple City. Zielinski akasarudzwa kuva nhengo yePresbyteral Council muna 1999. Kutanga muna 2000, akashandawo semufundisi wezvekutungamira nyaya dzeDiocesean Mission kuHispanics. Pashure pokurwiswa namagandangaMusi waSeptember 11, 2001, Bhishopi Cooney vakasunungura Zielinski kubva mudhipatimendi kuti ashumire muArchdiocese yeMasoja emauto semufundisi weAir Force. Akashanda semufundisi paGrand Forks Air Force Base muGrand Forks, North Dakota, kubva muna 2002 kusvika muna 2003 uye paRAF Mildenhall muSuffolk, England, kubva muna 2003 kusvika muna 2005. Akabva apiwa basa kuHQ Air Force Recruiting Service paRandolph Air Force Base muSchertz, Texas, achiteverwa neCadet Chaplain kuUnited States Air Force Academy muColorado Springs, Colorado, kubva muna 2009 kusvika muna 2012. Kubva muna 2012 kusvika muna 2014 akashanda semufundisi paEielson Air Force Base muFairbanks, Alaska. 