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“I Am The Gate For The Sheep” – Submitted by Dan McMahon, Director of Music

The Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as Good Shep-herd Sunday. It is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. On this Sunday the Gospel story is not about a resurrection appearance. The scripture lessons are about shepherds. Each [read more...]

OLW School Goes On During The Pandemic!

What does E-learning look like at Our Lady of the Wayside School?  Have a look!

A Tribute to Sister Adrienne by Louise Dickey

It would be impossible to sufficiently explain the tremendous impact that Sister Adrienne has made on the lives of so many children, families and adults at Our Lady of the Wayside. So many members of the community recognize and appreciate [read more...]

COVID-19 Pandemic Causes Surge In Poison Exposures by Julie Nakis, submitted by Kathy O’Neill RN, Parish Nurse

With people more focused than ever before on sanitizing their homes in order to protect their families against COVID-19, experts are warning people to use caution when using cleaning products. The Illinois Poison Center (IPC) has reported that exposures to [read more...]

From Sister Adrienne’ s Family-Thank You for the Support

“We would like to express our sincere thanks for the outpouring of support that has been received from the Our Lady of the Wayside parish for Sister Joan and our family.  The number of phone calls, comments left on the [read more...]

Friday Morning Bible Study – Friday, May 1st

Do You Have A Favorite Recipe To Contribute To The OLW Cookbook?

Our Lady of the Wayside is looking to keep its community connected to each other during this time of isolation. As such, OLW’s Christian Family Movement (CFM) is sponsoring an OLW Cookbook to be available to order later this Spring. [read more...]

Announcement of the Passing of Sr Adrienne Weseman S.N.D.deN

It is with deep sadness in our hearts that we have to share that Sister Adrienne Weseman S.N.D.deN was born to eternal life at 4:00am this morning, April 24th. Sister Joan and family were able to be with her during [read more...]

OUR STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE For April 19, 2020

St Mark’s Food Pantry

Last Sunday, Divine Mercy Sunday, Our Lady of the Wayside conducted a food drive for the St. Mark’s community. The Wayside parishioners responded to the call and we collected 13 car-loads of food. This is the largest collection we have [read more...]