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Scenes from Simbang Gabi Mass & Reception

On Saturday, December 17, Our Lady of the Wayside celebrated Simbang Gabi, a traditional Filipino Advent Mass. OLW’s Filipino community organized and participated in the liturgy. Several songs and readings were sung/recited in the native language. Following mass, many adjourned [read more...]

Cardinal Cupich’s Christmas Message

Christmas 2022 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, “The Word was made flesh, and he made his dwelling among us.” These momentous words from the beginning of John’s Gospel describe exactly what we celebrate at Christmas. Jesus, the eternal Son [read more...]

Parish Office Closed: Christmas Holidays

The parish office will be closed from Friday, December 23, through Monday, December 26, in celebration of Christmas.  Business operations will resume on Tuesday, December 27. Merry Christmas!

REP Update: December 26, 2022 and January 2, 2023

Here’s the REP Schedule for the Weeks of December 26, 2021 and January 2, 2023 Sunday, December 25  Merry Christmas! Tuesday, December 27  NO REP CLASSES Sunday, January 1, 2023  Happy New Year! The Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [read more...]

Legacy Planning: Christmas Season Giving

During this most holy season, rejoice in the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As stewards of our faith, please continue his good work on earth by considering a gift through your will or a planned gift in [read more...]

Join Us for Friday Morning Bible Study

Please note that Friday’s Bible Study will be via ZOOM (only) due to the inclement weather and the closure of our Parish Office. For the Zoom code, email biblestudy@olwparish.org.

How Pope Francis Views Advent’s Call to Hope

Advent is a “continuous call to hope,” says Pope Francis. It seems, then, that a key aim of this pre-Christmas season is to focus attention on hope’s immense importance for everyone. But why? Is hope a problem? Sure, it can [read more...]

Advent at OLW School

For Advent, our students read the story, The Christmas Pine by Julia Donaldson, and then talked about the message – how children grow and shine like the Christmas Pine. Our students were given paper trees to write down the ways [read more...]

In Honor & In Memory Of…

Once again, Our Lady of the Wayside Church will be decorated with beautiful flowers this Christmas Season thanks to generous donations from parishioners wishing to honor and remember loved ones who are no longer with us. In Honor of… Cardinal [read more...]

A Dynamic Understanding of Jesus

This past year, John Camardella took a sabbatical from teaching to complete a graduate degree in religion at Harvard Divinity School. As part of his research, he traveled to Israel and Palestine with the biblical archaeology program and partnered with [read more...]