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2019 Baby Bottle Drive! Mother’s Day Weekend

This baby bottle drive will benefit The Women’s Center, a pregnancy Center that supports women with counseling and guidance before, during and after their pregnancies and has several locations in the Chicagoland area. How You Can Help: Take a baby bottle home following Mass [read more...]

Pack the Gym for 8th Grade Boys Volleyball!

Wednesday , May 1st at 8:00 pm vs. St. Thomas Show your school spirit and come out and support your Wayside 8th grade boys’ volleyball team! Each student attending will receive a N.U.T. card to be used on Friday, May [read more...]

Get the Facts About Organ Donation by Kathy O’Neill RN, Parish Nurse

  Saving Lives Through Organ and Tissue Donation Talking About Organ Donation The number of people waiting for a donated organ could fill a large football stadium—twice.  And every 10 minutes, someone new is added to the waiting list. Every [read more...]

THANK YOU TO KAIROS COOKIE BAKERS!

We collected 251 dozen (that’s 3012 cookies) cookies for the Kairos retreat team which is visiting Stateville Prision April 26th-28th. A big thank you to those who baked the very best, prayer filled, homemade treats! We are often told how [read more...]

WHEELS TO WORSHIP

Our new ministry, Wheels to Worship, uses volunteer drivers to bring our OLW sisters and brothers to church to celebrate Mass with us. Volunteers drive every week, and some drive once a month.  Drivers all agree it is more than [read more...]

MINISTRY OF PRAISE

Ministry of Praise is a spiritual ministry in which the members offer their prayers to God for special intentions.  This ministry encourages the bonding of generations with our home bound and our active members to experience a closer connection. This [read more...]

MEET THE ELECT! – RCIA Class of 2019

Michael A. – Going through the R.C.I.A. program at Our Lady of the Wayside has been a great experience. Growing up I was not a part of a church community nor did I have a religious upbringing. The R.C.I.A. team [read more...]

THE TRIUMPH OF GOODNESS-Easter Reflection by Fr Ed Fialkowski, Pastor

Father Ronald Rolheiser in his article entitled, “The Triumph of Goodness” writes that, the stone which rolled away from the tomb of Jesus continues to roll away from every sort of grave.  Goodness cannot be held, captured, or put to [read more...]

Fundraiser Dinner Dance for our Friends at SPRED!

SPRED is an agency of the Archdiocese of Chicago for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  The goal is to make it possible for each parish to welcome our Friends into a SPRED group, where they would become prepared to [read more...]

Pastor’s Holy Week Message!

Listen to Fr Ed’s Holy Week Message…  Then click here for our Holy Week schedule!