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Christmas eGiving at OLW

The Christmas Collection is Our Lady of the Wayside’s largest of the year, and is vitally important to funding the daily operations of our parish. Please be as generous as you can. To give electronically, click this link: https://www.givecentral.org/location/120/event/1457 or [read more...]

COVID 19 Guidelines for Christmas Masses at OLW

With the Omicron variant of COVID 19 spiking across the nation, professional sports teams missing games, and venues like the Rockettes and Second City canceling performances, we remain hopeful that the State of Illinois and the Archdiocese of Chicago will [read more...]

We Honor and Remember Loved Ones This Christmas

We thank all who contributed to the Christmas Flowers Fund this Christmas and we honor and remember your loved ones. In Honor Of… Cardinal Blase J. Cupich Archdiocese of Chicago Francis Cardinal George Archbishop Emeritus Rev. Arthur Marat Pastor of [read more...]

Legacy Planning: Include OLW in Your Estate Plan?

None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the [read more...]

Bible Study Breather

There will be no bible study this Friday, December 24th due to the Christmas Holiday. Bible Study will resume on Friday, December 31st. Merry Christmas!  

REP Update: Weeks of December 27, 2021 & January 3, 2022

Here’s the REP Schedule for the Weeks of December 27, 2021 and January 3, 2022. Saturday, December 25  — MERRY CHRISTMAS! Tuesday, December 28  — NO REP CLASSES Saturday, January 1, 2022 — Happy New Year! The Solemnity of the [read more...]

OLW Families: Join Us For a Rosary Like No Other

On Tuesday, January 11, Relevant Radio’s Father Francis (Rocky) Hoffman will host a live broadcast of his Family Rosary Across America national radio program from Our Lady of the Wayside Church. Please plan to arrive and be seated at 6:45 [read more...]

Acknowledging the Potential of Holiday Blues: Practical Tips to Survive & Thrive

This video with Dr. Alan Wolfelt provides some practical counsel to assist you in maintaining mental health wellness during the holidays. While the holidays can result in joy, they can also result in conflicts within your family, illustrate differences between generations, [read more...]

Christmas Season Mass Schedule

What a difference a year makes! Here’s hoping we can celebrate the joy and splendor of the Christmas Season as a united Parish Family — without Signup Geniuses, attendance restrictions, etc. Christmas Eve Masses will be celebrated at *3:00 (Children’s [read more...]

Divinity in the Unexpected

My Dear Parishioners, Every year we have the great grace to celebrate Christmas, the birth of Our Loving Lord and Savior. In his beautiful reflections in his work, The Life of Christ, Blessed Fulton J. Sheen repeats, “Divinity is always [read more...]