Author Archives for Sean Reilly

Advent at OLW School

For Advent, our students read the story, The Christmas Pine by Julia Donaldson, and then talked about the message – how children grow and shine like the Christmas Pine. Our students were given paper trees to write down the ways [read more...]

In Honor & In Memory Of…

Once again, Our Lady of the Wayside Church will be decorated with beautiful flowers this Christmas Season thanks to generous donations from parishioners wishing to honor and remember loved ones who are no longer with us. In Honor of… Cardinal [read more...]

Advent Series Week Three: Immaculee’s Story

Gear up for a powerful example of someone who has grasped the Lord’s hope for all of us in our forgiveness journey. Hear her experience of wrestling with the words from the Our Father, “forgive us our trespasses as we [read more...]

Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church (School Mass)

Father Arthur Marat & Deacon Peter LeTourneau.

Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church

Father Gilbert Mashurano presiding.

A Dynamic Understanding of Jesus

This past year, John Camardella took a sabbatical from teaching to complete a graduate degree in religion at Harvard Divinity School. As part of his research, he traveled to Israel and Palestine with the biblical archaeology program and partnered with [read more...]

What a Perfect YES Looks Like

“God will never ask you to do more than Mary did.” And what did Mary do? She said “yes” to the Angel Gabriel. Fr. Mike wants us to meditate on how we can learn to say “yes” to God from [read more...]

Holiday Stress and Mental Health

From the Archdiocese Commission on Mental Illness & NAMI (The National Alliance on Mental Illness) The Archdiocese Commission on Mental Illness has an article with ideas on handling holiday stress. Here are a few tips from the article. Click HERE [read more...]

Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr

Father Arthur Marat presiding.

Opłatki for Your Christmas Eve Meal

Among Catholic families in Poland and Eastern European countries, the start of the traditional Christmas Eve Vigil meal begins with the Opłatki, a thin Communion-like rectangular wafer made of unleavened bread and stamped with different Christmas symbols. Stop by the [read more...]