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Join Us For Friday Morning Bible Study

Zoom with OLW’s bible study group.  Enjoy fellowship and share insights on the bible. To receive the Zoom sign-in code, email biblestudy@olwparish.org.  

Retirement Plan Gifts Help Our Parish

Dear Parishioners, A tax-wise way you can make a gift from your retirement funds is to name Our Lady of the Wayside as a beneficiary of your retirement account. By naming Our Lady of the Wayside as a beneficiary, you’ll [read more...]

Look to God to Counter Life’s Craziness

Our Path to God My focus today is an attempt to answer a question that I have heard from many people (including myself) – “How do we deal with all the craziness in our world today? Obviously, the answer is [read more...]

Family Mass Participation Registration Now Open

Our Lady of the Wayside’s first Family Mass will be on Sunday, December 5th, at 9:30 am. Registration is now open for 6th-8th graders who would like to participate. We’re looking for: Greeters Ushers Cantors Advent Wreath Candle Lighting Reader, 1st [read more...]

St. Marks Food Collection: November 14th

On Sunday, November 14th we will have our monthly food drive for St. Mark’s Parish. Last July, St. Mark’s was consolidated with three other parishes who were not receiving food donations from sharing parishes. We continue to collect and deliver [read more...]

How to Talk To a Child About Grief and Death

Death and the resulting grief is difficult for everyone. But how do adults support a child experiencing the loss of a loved one, especially if you, too, are processing loss? “Children grieve as we do when someone they love dies,” [read more...]

Dine at Portillo’s and Help OLW School

Portillo’s Anyone? Eat at Portillo’s (1900 Golf Road, Rolling Meadows) on November 10th, between 5:00 – 8:00 pm, and help Our Lady of the Wayside School at the same time. *Click HERE to print this flyer, or print this page [read more...]

Multi-Parish Mission: Sacraments, The Treasury of Our Faith

Come one, come all to our Multi-Parish Mission – Sacraments, the Treasury of Our Faith. Presenter: Fr. Tom McCarthy, O.S.A. Date: November 29, 30 and December 1, 2021  (Monday – Wednesday) Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm Location: St. Edna Church, [read more...]

When the Saints Come Marchin’ In…

To commemorate All Saints Day, Our Lady of the Wayside School’s Fifth Graders processed into 8:30 am Mass adorned as their favorite saints. Students participated in the readings, petitions and song. Father Dominic Vinh Ha celebrated with Deacon Peter LeTourneau [read more...]

Mother Teresa: “The Greatest Destroyer of Love and Peace is Abortion”

As the Respect Life Month of October concludes, we offer the beautiful and insightful wisdom of Mother Teresa of Calcutta who, in 1994 was invited to speak before the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. Every year U.S. political and [read more...]