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Join Us for Friday Morning Bible Study

You are invited to attend Friday Morning Bible Study, in the Cabrini Room of OLW Parish Center, for opening prayer at 9:30 am. Bible study also meets “live on-line” via Zoom, and welcomes homebound parishioners and participants outside our geographical [read more...]

Join Us for Family Mass on January 15th!

REP and School Students in 3rd-8th grades are invited to be part of the next Family Mass at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 15th. Practice will be at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 15th. Family Mass with student participation happens [read more...]

Sign up for the 9 Days for Life Novena

January is the 50th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. Join us from January 19-27 in praying the 9 Days for Life Novena — an annual novena for the protection of human life. Each day’s intention is accompanied by a short [read more...]

Pregnant Volunteers Needed for Ultrasound Training

The Women’s Centers of Greater Chicagoland is looking for pregnant women to volunteer for free ultrasounds for our upcoming Limited Obstetrical Ultrasound Training for nurses. Training will take place from January 9 – 19, 2023. First, Second, and Third Trimesters [read more...]

Memorial Mass & Candlelight Prayer Service for Victims of Abortion

St. Theresa Parish in Palatine will host a Memorial Mass & Candlelight Prayer Service for Victims of Abortion on Saturday, January 21, 5:00 pm. Although Roe has been overturned, it has left a wound that continues to harm our state. [read more...]

REP Update: January 9 and 16, 2023

Here’s the REP Schedule for the Weeks of January 9 and 16, 2023 Sunday, January 8 – Epiphany of the Lord Tuesday, January 10 – REP RESUMES 4 pm, 1st through 4th grade classes meet 7 pm, 5th and 6th grade [read more...]

OLW Angels Serve Christmas Dinners to the Hungry at St. Benedict Parish

Despite lower than normal temperatures, OLW volunteers served more than 150 guests for the Annual St. Benedict Christmas Day Dinner. Guests were served a warm meal, won gift cards through a raffle, and left with hats & gloves to help [read more...]

Star of Wonder, Star of Light

The Epiphany of the Lord There is a story of an astronomy professor who was enthusiastically discoursing in a planetarium about the marvels of the known universe. Noticing an unpretentious priest who had joined his group of students, the professor [read more...]

Celebrate the Epiphany at OLW

Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Saturday, January 7, 5:00 pm Sunday, January 8, 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 am & 6:00 pm  

May He Rest in Peace

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI returned to the Father’s House. The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus died at 9:34 Saturday morning in his residence at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. A Vicariate Mass for the repose of his soul will be celebrated by Bishop [read more...]