Author Archives for Sean Reilly

OLW Salutes Seminarians

Our Lady of the Wayside Parish salutes and lifts up prayers in support of fifteen seminarians from seven different dioceses who declared candidacy for Holy Orders at the Mass of the Holy Spirit held in St Mary’s of the Lake [read more...]

Mass for Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time

Fr. Arthur Marat presiding with Deacon Pete LeTourneau assisting.

Mass for Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time

Fr. Arthur Marat presiding with Deacon Pete LeTourneau assisting.

Mass for Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time

Fr. Arthur Marat presiding with Deacon Jerry Brennan assisting.

Worship Aid For This Weekend’s Masses

To view a Worship Aid for this weekend’s mass on your mobile phone, aim you phone camera at the QR code below or use a QR Code Reader App on your mobile phone to scan the QR Code below… …or [read more...]

OLW School Opening Update (Part 2): Thank You!

The school administration and teachers worked tirelessly over the summer in preparation for this new school year. In addition to the curriculum and lesson plans, much was also done to prepare the building, classrooms, and school grounds. While we know [read more...]

Tootsie Roll Time! (Knights of Columbus Fundraiser)

It’s Tootsie Roll Time!  Time for the Knights of Columbus’ 2020 Intellectual Disability Fundraiser.  Visit www.kofc4483.org, call Scott Baxendale at 847-909-3723, or mail a check to the address below.  Your generosity is always much appreciated!

To Teach Who Christ Is Campaign Update

As many of you are aware, Our Lady of the Wayside launched the Archdiocese of Chicago’s To Teach Who Christ Is campaign in 2015.  For many of you, your five-year pledge commitment is coming to an end.  I thought now [read more...]

We Are Called to Love, Not to Judge

23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A The most important maxim in each country is justice. Justice regulates the law in each society, such that societal order depends on it. However, when we consider God’s law, we discover that [read more...]

Thank You Reopening Team Volunteers!

Dear Kind Volunteers of the Parish, As I contemplate all that has taken place over the course of the last several months, I am most grateful for the reopening of our Church, and I want to express my sincere thanks [read more...]