Author Archives for Sean Reilly

Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter

Father Arthur Marat presiding.

The Mother’s Day Tradition Continues…

The treasured tradition of preschool’s Mother’s Day Tea continued last Friday for Our Lady of the Wayside’s PK-4 students and their moms.

Bishop Grob Blesses Our Welcoming Mother

On Sunday, May 12, 2024, the Most Rev. Jeffrey S. Grob visited Our Lady of the Wayside to celebrate Family Mass of the Ascension, Mother’s Day and — appropriately on Mother’s Day — to officially bless our Welcoming Mother Statue [read more...]

DMI Survey Results: You Spoke, We Heard You!

In the spring of 2023, as we were emerging from COVID, the Archdiocese of Chicago initiated the Disciple Maker Index Survey. It was designed to provide parishes with insights on how they were performing, where parishioners were on their spiritual [read more...]

Join Deacon Paul For: A Camino Experience

Please join Deacon Paul Onischuk in the OLW Gathering Place on Tuesday, May 21, at 7 pm (immediately following 6 pm Tuesdays Together Mass & Adoration) for an entertaining presentation and discussion on the many “God winks” experiences and lessons-learned [read more...]

SPRED Year-End Celebration

Our Lady of the Wayside’s Special Religious Development Ministry (SPRED) had its final meeting and year-end celebration last weekend. OLW’s Guitar Group, BLGG, “brought the beat” and many SPRED Friends, Catechists and Group Leaders happily joined in. Big smiles, happy [read more...]

Teacher (and Student) Appreciation

OLW’s newest Staff members, Patrick Fitzgerald (Operations Director), Patty McCarthy (Director of Lifelong Faith Formation) and Emilia Walasik (Youth Ministry Director & 6pm Mass Music Coordinator) popped into OLW School on Monday to introduce themselves and to present our teachers [read more...]

Bishop Grob Blesses Mothers

Bishop Jeffrey Grob celebrated the 9:30 am Family Mass (and Mother’s Day) at Our Lady of the Wayside last Sunday. At the conclusion of Mass, he offered a special blessing for all mothers and then helped Father Arthur, Father Gilbert [read more...]

Spirit to Spirit

Talk to any couple who are devoted to one another. Ask them when they realized they were in love — call-me-in-a-crisis love, face-the-day-to-day-with-me love — and the answer will probably not be “When I realized he was only dating me [read more...]

Parish Picnic: Volunteers Needed!

Our Lady of the Wayside’s Parish Picnic will take place on Saturday, June 8th. The picnic will feature great eats, beverages, games and face painting for the for the kids. Live music will be provided by A Sure Thing. We’re [read more...]