News

Introducing Our Lady of the Wayside’s New Operations Director

Dear Parishioners, I am excited to announce that we have hired a new Operations Director for Our Lady of the Wayside parish, Mrs. Ewelina Sokolowski. Mrs. Sokolowski has more than 10 years professional experience in management and finance at three [read more...]

Camp WOW 2021, A No-Go

Dear Middle School Families: It is with great sadness that we inform you that we will not be participating in Camp WOW again next year (summer of 2021). The Youth Ministers from all four parishes have discussed, prayed, and have [read more...]

Seek a Deeper Relationship With God To Better Comprehend His Love

25th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A Often times, my brothers and sisters, we are like the Israelites in today’s first reading; we see everything exclusively from a human perspective. We think of God and what happens in our [read more...]

Scenes From OLW Youth Group’s First Meeting of 2020

The OLW youth ministry had their very first in-person event for the year! The teens are so excited to get back together to learn about their faith as a community. They were able to play games and meet their teen [read more...]

First Holy Communion Mass: First of Four

Here are photos from First Holy Communion Mass celebrated on Friday, September 11.  This was the first (of four) Communion Masses to be held on consecutive Friday evenings in our church. To view the mass video, click here.   To [read more...]

Call To Prayer: Pray With OLW’s Rosary Group Tonight

Our Lady of the Wayside Community: If you’re like me, you long for a sense of normalcy during the extended pandemic.  While an exact return to things of the past is not likely, we can—and should—adjust to provide a semblance [read more...]

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.

Vatican Appoints Three Auxiliary Bishops For Archdiocese of Chicago

Today, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has appointed three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago: Bishops-elect Kevin M. Birmingham, Jeffrey S. Grob and Robert J. Lombardo, CFR. Bishop-elect Grob — whom Father Arthur served with while Judicial [read more...]

Join Us For Monday Rosary Night

Please join OLW’s Monday Night Rosary Group beginning on September 14th at 7 pm, in praying the Most Holy Rosary in an outside, socially distanced venue.  Details include: What – praying the Most Holy Rosary together Why – the world [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: What Good is Faith Without Works?

What good is it if someone says he has faith, but does not have works?  (James 2:14) A cornerstone of our faith is that it should be a call to action to help those in need.  Our Lady of the [read more...]