Photo Gallery

Scenes from Faith Into Action, March

On Sunday, March 19, Our Lady of the Wayside’s Faith into Action Ministry — fueled by donuts and coffee distributed by our Hospitality Ministry — gathered families in the school gym to make Easter cards and decorate flowers, to pray for those receiving [read more...]

OLW Students Visit Holocaust Museum

Our Lady of the Wayside 8th graders, along with Father Marat, Mrs. Griesmeyer, Mr. Andersen, and Mrs. Boarini, visited the Holocaust Museum in Skokie, Illinois on Thursday, March 16th.  They have been studying the Holocaust both in social studies and [read more...]

Multi-Parish Mission Photos, First Evening

Last night (Wednesday, March 15) in our church, parishioners from Our Lady of the Wayside, St. Edna, St. Colette, St. Mary and other nearby parishes gathered for the first evening of our Multi-Parish Lenten Mission — Surge of the Heart. [read more...]

Scenes from the first Men’s Lenten Reflection Meeting

Our Lady of the Wayside’s Men’s Group kicked off their Lenten Reflection series last Saturday in the Gathering Place. 30 men of all ages gathered to share fellowship, recite the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary (editor’s note: it was quite [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: Our Founder & First Pastor

Father Harold T. O’Hara walked out of the Chancery Office on June 30th, 1952, both happy and perplexed. While having a wealth of experience, being a priest for twenty-three years – assistant in four large parishes, two on the south [read more...]

Bishop Grob Confirms OLW Parish 8th Graders

On Saturday, March 11, Bishop Jeffrey Grob bestowed the Sacrament of Confirmation on two groups of OLW Parish 8th-graders. The first Confirmation Mass was celebrated at 10AM and the second at 2PM. Fathers Arthur Marat and Gilbert Mashurano concelebrated with [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact

After living in the original ‘shack’ rectory for eight months, Fr. O’Hara moved to a home at 821 S. Mitchell, purchased by the parish to be used as a rectory. On May 24, 1953 – Feast of Our Lady of [read more...]

Soup & Stations (and Smiles)

Plenty of good (meatless) soup, pasta and bread was served before Stations of the Cross last Friday night. Please come and enjoy a delicious meal and fellowship next week, or any Friday in Lent, at 6 pm in the Gathering [read more...]

Ministers of Care in Action

Ash Wednesday is a busy day for OLW’s Ministers of Care, who brought communion and ashes to the residents of Church Creek, Cedar Village, The Gardens, and to many of our homebound parishioners. Father Arthur distributed ashes to residents and [read more...]

Praise God for a Wonderful Kairos 11!

Praise God for a wonderful Kairos retreat! Thank you to all the leaders, retreatants, adult volunteers, and parents for making K11 such a memorable experience! A special shoutout to our amazing OLW priests for offering Mass and (3+ hour long!) Confessions! [read more...]