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Adult Confirmation

Are you an adult who missed receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation? Preparation for Confirmation for Vicariate I parishioners will be offered weekly on Mondays beginning Monday, September 16, 7-9 pm, at St. Edna Parish, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Rd. in Arlington Heights. Bishop Jeffrey Grob will preside at the Confirmation Mass at St. Edna Parish on Wednesday, November 6, at 7:00 p.m. Please register by September 3. Contact Lorie Crepeau for information and [read more...]

Outdoor Rosary, Tuesdays & Marian Feast Days

Save the dates and mark your calendars! In addition to praying the Rosary at Our Lady of the Wayside’s Welcoming Mother Grotto on Tuesdays at 4 pm, the OLW Rosary Group will also pray the Rosary on the following Marian [read more...]

Mission Co-Op Weekend, July 20-21

The mission diocese of Imphal in the State of Manipur in Northeast India is home to 34 indigenous tribes of Mongolian origin. Since first Catholic baptism in 1952, Catholic population has grown up to 1, 01283 as of now. The [read more...]

It’s a New Year!

Dear OLW Parishioners, Happy New Year! You read that correctly. July 1st marked the new fiscal year at Our Lady of the Wayside and across the Archdiocese. After hours of calculations, deliberations and number crunching we managed to produce a [read more...]

Dr. David Wood Bids Farewell

Dear OLW Parish Community, It is difficult to find the words to express my feelings as my time at OLW comes to an end. When I first accepted the position of principal at OLW in 2009, I never imagined I [read more...]

OLW & Holy Family Teens on a Mission From God

Bright and early last Sunday, Our Lady of the Wayside’s Director of Lifelong Faith Formation, Patty McCarthy, and parishioner, Dave Woods, loaded a van full of eager OLW and Holy Family teens and headed off on a Mission [trip] from [read more...]

Bathroom Renovation Continues

We continue to edge closer to our fundraising goal to renovate the bathrooms in the Fr. Mackin Center, but we can’t take our foot off the gas. As of May 1, 2024, we have raised $61,116, which is in addition to [read more...]

USCCB Chairman’s Statement on Dobbs Anniversary

Chairman’s Statement on Dobbs Anniversary USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities On June 24, 2024, we celebrated the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, ending the tragic reign of Roe v. Wade. It [read more...]

Shake Off the Dust

Our kitchen floor is at least 35 years old, and it’s the ugliest color to come out of the ‘80s. But it’s a good, durable floor, and my husband, bless his heart, guards it like it was a finely finished [read more...]

Wayside Open… July 12… Are You In?

Get your foursome together and dust off your golf clubs! Join us at the Old Orchard Country Club for the Wayside Open (formerly the Celebrate 70! Golf Outing and Pastor’s Masters) on Friday, July 12. The shotgun starts begins at 12:30 [read more...]