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News from The Women’s Center

March 6th marks the beginning of Lent. During Lent with sadness we contemplate the agony and death of Jesus, but we also think joyfully of His resurrection.  Similarly, many women in unplanned pregnancies are troubled and sad.  They come to [read more...]

LENTEN DISCIPLINES OF FASTING & ABSTINENCE

Catholics in good health ages 18 to 59 are required to fast and to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fasting consists of eating only one meal, with the possibility of two smaller snacks that do not [read more...]

Ash Wednesday Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration

Our Lady of the Wayside will be offering Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration, beginning after the 7:30 pm Mass on Ash Wednesday, March 6th and conclude at the onset of the Stations of the Cross on Friday March 8th. Please consider spending [read more...]

Men of the Parish-Mark Your Calendars! Saturday Morning Lenten Sessions

Love Life – Live Lent – Transform Your Life Click here for more information.

BELLARMINE MEN’S 12-STEP WEEKEND RETREAT

March 15-17, 2019 – An Ignatian, Silent 12-Step Retreat for Men

HE’S NO LONGER “OUR” BISHOP BUT WE’RE LIKELY TO SEE BISHOP RASSAS OFTEN

A familiar face at Our Lady of the Wayside Parish for many years, Bishop George Rassas has, returned to OLW several times within the past few weeks but in a different role than before. Bishop Rassas, who was Bishop for Lake County [read more...]

WOMEN AND STRESS – Kathy O’Neill, R.N. Parish Nurse

KATHY O’NEILL, R.N. Parish Nurse Women Who Attend Religious Services Live Longer Women, Stress and Heart Health In a new study of nearly 75,000 women, researchers found that women who attended services more than once a week had a 33 [read more...]

Soup and Stations is back! Come join us March 8th.

This Lent, Journey with Jesus Welcome back to OLW Lenten Soup and Stations after a year hiatus due to our church renovation last year! And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the [read more...]

DEACON’S BEACON by Deacon Tom Corcoran

“Change”

OLW Parishioners Reappointed to Board of Advisors of Catholic Charities of Chicago

February 15, 2019 Dear Father Fialkowski, On October 4, 2018, at our 101st Annual Meeting of the Board, we had the honor of recognizing Mr. James A. DeZellar and Mrs. Camille A. Kopielski who have been reappointed by His Eminence Cardinal Blase J. [read more...]