Author Archives for Sean Reilly

We Need YOU in our Bell Choir!

Interested in trying a new skill and being part of an AWESOME community of musicians? Join OLW’s Handbell Choir. If you have some musical experience and are interested in learning to ring, we’d love to have you join us! We [read more...]

Legacy Planning: Qualified Charitable Distributions

One way to give back to the community the resources God provided to us is through a QCD (Qualified Charitable Distribution). A QCD gift (a.k.a. IRA charitable rollover) allows individuals age 70½ or older to authorize their IRA administrator to [read more...]

Is Your Child Skipping the Most Important Meal of the Day?

Getting out of bed, choosing clothes, brushing teeth and hair, packing a lunch and loading up a backpack. The laundry list of things that need to be done in the morning before a child head to school can be difficult [read more...]

Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Father Gilbert Mashurano presiding.

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Father Gilbert Mashurano presiding.

Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr

Father Arthur Marat presiding.

SCAM Alert (Again)

Unscrupulous email SCAMMERS are at it again. Fake emails posing as Father Arthur are circulating to some of our parishioners. They are coming from a Gmail account (remember Father does NOT use Gmail). They ask if you have time to [read more...]

Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Father Arthur Marat presiding.

Big Baby Bottle THANK YOU

Thank you to all of OLW parishioners who lovingly participated in the Baby Bottle Campaign to raise funds for the Women’s Centers of Greater Chicagoland! We received 279 baby bottles filled with change, bills and checks. These were delivered to [read more...]

The Fullness of Life

Like any other child of the ‘90s raised by budget-conscious parents, I’ve spent my fair share of Sunday mornings in line at an Old Country Buffet, hot plate in hand. Kids ate for chump change on Sundays, and I never [read more...]