Author Archives for Ewelina Sokolowski

Cookies For Kairos Prison Ministry

Kairos, a Christian ecumenical team which visits prisons and hosts 3 day retreats, needs 3,000 dozen home-made cookies for their upcoming retreat at Stateville Correctional Center April 27th through 30th. These volunteers are advocates for Christ in an effort to [read more...]

Clearbrook Take-A-Break Volunteer Program

TAKE-A-BREAK VOLUNTEER PROGRAM:  GIVE THE GIFT OF TIME TO A FAMILY You can help a family who has a young child with special needs. The Clearbrook Take-A-Break Volunteer Program matches volunteers with a family that has a child who has [read more...]

Journey with Jesus this Lent! A Message from Our Pastor, Fr Ed

‘WIDOWS OF WAYSIDE’ ENJOYED WARM SURROUNDINGS ON A COLD WINTER DAY

While the weather outside was frightful, the environment inside was delightful as Our Lady of the Wayside’s “Widows of Wayside” group enjoyed one of their periodic dinners amid the blue skies and sunshine at Toscana Restaurant in Rolling Meadows Sunday, [read more...]

MINDLESS EATING – Posted by Kathy O’Neill, RN, Parish Nurse

  Breakfast. A second cup of coffee. A mid-morning snack. Lunch. An afternoon snack. An after work snack with a glass of wine. Dinner. Dessert. Dr. Parimal Sura, an internal medicine physician at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, [read more...]

1st Sunday of Lenten Opportunities

STATIONS OF THE CROSS/MASS Stations of the Cross will held each Friday during Lent at 7:30 p.m. in church. Followed by Mass offered by Father Vinod Kumar at 8:00 p.m. DAILY LENT REFLECTIONS The links listed below are free daily [read more...]

Men’s Saturday Morning Lenten Retreat #1, Mar 9, 7:30am

Lent – A Time to Renew! During Lent we focus inwardly on our sinfulness and restoring our relationship with God in preparation for the passion, death and resurrection of Holy Week.  We do this to prepare ourselves to participate in [read more...]

CARRY OR BE CARRIED: THAT IS THE QUESTION By Sara Correnti-posted by Kathy O’Neill RN, Parish Nurse

Our servant hearts can be such blessings, but at times, I know I have felt I have taken on too much for others. Yes, God calls us to bear one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2), to help and to serve. But [read more...]

OLW SCHOOL’S 30TH ANNUAL GALA WAS ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS!

Our Lady of the Wayside School’s 30th Annual ‘A Night for the Blue and White’ Gala was, as is usually the case, an enjoyable evening and a financial success. While final results were not available as of publication time, it [read more...]

PARENTS, OLW STUDENTS, HEAR WARNINGS ON “BULLYING”

Arlington Heights’ unfriendly winter weather continue to be uncooperative but the parents and students who attended the parent/family seminar on “bullying “ found it well worth-while. Jodee Blanco, author of the New York Times best-seller, “Please Stop Laughing At Me” [read more...]