Author Archives for Ewelina Sokolowski

Annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest

What better way is there to warm up on a cold winter day than to compete in the annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest? That’s what several dozen 9 to 14 year-olds did on a cold Martin Luther King [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon by Deacon Tom Corcoran

“You are the light of the world.  Do not light a lamp then put it under a bushel basket….your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Heavenly Father.”  Matthew 5:15-16 Last week’s [read more...]

Christmas Giving Tree 2018

Thanks to all who participated in our Giving Tree this year. Because of your generosity, we have helped make Christmas a little brighter for over 100 families. The families who needed our help, were able to celebrate a blessed Christmas [read more...]

“Together at the Cross” Mission Fills OLW Church

Despite wintry weather, Our Lady of the Wayside Church was full for the first night of the Multi-Parish Mission and the response and enthusiasm at the beginning of the week seemed certain to continue, and grow, as the week progressed. [read more...]

WHAT IS ORDINARY TIME? Submitted by Dan McMahon-Director of Music

These thirty-four weeks of non-festal time are named “Sundays in Ordinary Time” first, because they derive not from a feast day as such (they used to be called Sundays “after Epiphany’ or “after Pentecost”) but from the mystery of Jesus [read more...]

Save the Date!! OLW School Annual Gala Feb 23rd

February 23, 2019 – Save the Date and Join Us –  PURCHASE TICKETS NOW Our Lady of the Wayside School’s annual Gala has grown to become one of the most important fundraisers for our school community. For thirty years, local [read more...]

Volunteers Needed – Coffee and Donuts Ministry

Is your New Year’s Resolution to get involved at Wayside?  Do you want to ensure that visitors to our parish are welcomed every week? Then grab your parish group, your friends, your family, your neighbors, your children’s school or R.E.P. classmates, your fellow [read more...]

DEACON’S BEACON by Deacon Tom Corcoran

Happy New Year – 2019 – New Opportunities The “Beacon” shown in the banner above is not meant to signify any one person.  It portrays all of us – the community of Our Lady of the Wayside.  We are all [read more...]

7 SPIRITUAL PRACTICES FOR THE NEW YEAR posted by Kathy O’Neill R.N. (Parish Nurse)

Cultivating our faith life is an important part of wellness. Here are a few ways to gain new perspective of yourself, others and God throughout the year. 1  Try praying at different times during the day. You may notice that [read more...]

AS WE START THE NEW YEAR, CONSIDER SERVING IN WHEELS TO WORSHIP!!

“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for the least of mine, you did for me.”  Matthew 25:40 If you are looking to serve our parish in 2020, OLW is in need of drivers for Wheels to Worship. We [read more...]