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FLU Shots at OLW, Save the Date

OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE WILL BE GIVING FLU SHOTS When: Saturday, October 2 & Sunday, October 3 Where: Gathering Place Time: Before and after the 5 pm, 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 am, and 6 pm masses How old do [read more...]

Does God Care About “Self-Care”?

Do you prioritize self-care like it’s urgent and important? Or are the people you love only getting the most burnt-out version of you? You know, your basic needs are a priority to God—they need to be a priority to YOU, [read more...]

St. Marks Food Collection: September 12th

On Sunday, September 12th 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...]

Watch “The Chosen” with St. Walter’s Young Adults Group

Welcome to “The Chosen” The newly formed Young Adult Ministry at St. Walter Parish in Roselle, Illinois invites those 18 – 35  to a special 8 week series, The Chosen, beginning September 2, 2021.  It is never too late to join them. [read more...]

Shop With Scrip, Help Our School

New to OLW? See instructions below for registration and help! If you aren’t already, please consider using ShopWithScrip/RaiseRight to buy groceries. Groceries are a continuous budget item for every family that can earn our school thousands of dollars with an [read more...]

Catholic Charities NEEDS YOUR HELP

Are you passionate about helping others? Become a volunteer at Catholic Charities’ North and Northwest Regional Service Center, at 1717 Rand Road, Des Plaines.  Catholic Charities North and Northwest Regional Food Pantry: We desperately need your help serving those coming [read more...]

Back to School 2021-2022!

OLW School is so happy to start this new year! Strength for the Journey is the Archdiocese theme for Catholic schools. We are committed to helping our students on their faith journey to Grow with God. We started the school year with [read more...]

Looking for a Wheels to Worship Chairperson

Our Lady of the Wayside is looking for a Chairperson to lead our Wheels to Worship Ministry. What is Wheels to Worship? The Wheels to Worship Ministry is a group of volunteers who practice discipleship by driving our parish’s older [read more...]

Welcome & Welcome Back to the REP Class of 2021-2022!

I am looking forward to meeting and working with you and your children as we begin the new REP year! Each Friday I will send out updates and reminders via Wayside REP Reflections in Flocknote. The REP office is using [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: Answering Jesus’ Call

Answering Jesus’ Call In the early stages of the parish revitalization program (“To teach who Christ is”) one of the questions asked of the participants was – “Is your parish a “Maintenance Church” or a “Missionary Church”? I thought – [read more...]