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Deacon Don Talks “Vocations” With OLW 8th Graders

Our Lady of the Wayside’s Deacon Don Grossnickle recently dropped in on Mrs. Shewmon’s classroom to speak with OLW 8th Graders about vocations – hearing and responding to God’s call. Students from Ms. Laughland’s classroom also attended. Deacon Don briefly [read more...]

Scenes From Faith Into Action (November)

Our Lady of the Wayside families put their faith into action after Family Mass last Sunday. They gathered in the Father Mackin Center to color Thanksgiving cards and placemats for nursing home residents and prayed for them. Collection bins were [read more...]

OLW School Saints Marched In…

Our Lady of the Wayside 5th-graders continued the tradition of processing into Church for All Saints Day School Mass. They dressed as their patron or favorite saints and shared with all assembled a little about their chosen saint. Father Gilbert [read more...]

Halloween Happiness

Our Lady of the Wayside School students, teachers and faculty celebrated Halloween with big smiles and great costumes Thursday afternoon. They marched from the Elementary School building, along Park Street (where many parents were on-hand to cheer them on), to [read more...]

Gratitude & Blessings to All Who Supported Life in October

Our Lady of the Wayside’s Respect Life Ministry would like to extend its deepest gratitude to, and abundant blessings on, OLW parishioners — including volunteers and teens in our Youth Ministry — who participated in Respect Life activities during the [read more...]

Wayside Recommissions 56 Disciples

On Saturday, October 19, and Monday, October 21, Our Lady of the Wayside Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, Sacristans and Ministers of Care met for Recommissioning meetings in the Gathering Place and Parish Center. 56 members were recommissioned for two more years! [read more...]

Waysiders March for Life

As part of October’s Respect Life Month, several Our Lady of the Wayside parishioners, including members of OLW’s Youth Group, participated in the Northwest Families March for Life, hosted at St. Theresa Parish in Palatine, on Saturday, October 19. Here are [read more...]

Grandparents Day Mass Photos

As part of Our Lady of the Wayside School’s Grandparents & Special Person’s Day, our Church was packed Tuesday morning as grandparents joined their grandchildren for Mass. Fathers Arthur and Gilbert concelebrated with Deacon Peter assisting. Father Gilbert gave a [read more...]

Baumgartner Family Receives Christifideles Award

Father Arthur, Father Gilbert and the Our Lady of the Wayside Community would like to extend heartfelt congratulations and a big thank you to Matt and Katy Baumgartner (and family), recipients of this year’s Christifideles Award. The award is given [read more...]

“Remain In Me” Series Continues…

  The Remain in Me series of presentations by Deacon Peter and Jan LeTourneau continues in the Neumann Room of the parish Center on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 AM or Wednesday evenings at 7 PM. You are invited to join [read more...]