Author Archives for Sean Reilly

REP is Virtual This Year

Posted on July 28, 2020
Welcome back to a new REP year! We are looking forward to seeing all families and excited about starting a new method of Religious education classes. If you have not completed registration paperwork due to uncertainty about REP classes, we [read more...]

Pastor’s Letter: Big Updates, Changes at OLW

Posted on July 28, 2020
Dear Parishioners, As many of you have heard, the Archdiocese of Chicago has implemented the “Renew My Church” program. You may even be aware that, within the scope of this program, some smaller parishes within the Archdiocese were combined to [read more...]

Streaming Mass Volunteer(s) Needed

Posted on July 28, 2020
Do you enjoy, or are you curious about, video production?  Would you be interested in helping our Communications Team stream weekday and/or weekend masses for our OLW parishioners?  When you watch TV at home, are you the one who likes [read more...]

Update On Catholic Schools Reopening This Fall

Posted on July 28, 2020
The Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for Catholic Schools released its school reopening plan, including COVID-19 safety precautions for students and teachers. For particulars, click here to read the report from the Chicago Catholic.      

Fr. Arthur Reflects on “True Wisdom”

Posted on July 27, 2020
17th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A 2020 My brothers and sisters, in today’s readings we hear about one main topic: wisdom. The wisdom about which Scripture speaks is not something that a person can buy with money. It [read more...]

OLW Welcomes Father Mark Augustine

Posted on July 27, 2020
From Our Pastor: I am delighted to welcome Fr. Mark Augustine as a resident to Our Lady of the Wayside Parish. Fr. Mark will join our parish community on the weekends in order to assist me by celebrating a few [read more...]

Confirmation Masses To Resume at OLW

Posted on July 27, 2020
At long last, after navigating through pandemic-related restrictions, we are ready to resume the Sacrament of Confirmation at Our Lady of the Wayside!  8th graders will be confirmed over the next five Friday evenings (July 31, August 7, 14, 21, [read more...]