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OLW School Prayer Groups Featured in Chicago Catholic

Sharing some exciting news for our school and parish… As a follow-up to a bulletin article that ran late last year, Our Lady of the Wayside School’s 8th-grade Prayer Groups, led by Sally Shewmon, were just featured in the Chicago [read more...]

Friendly Reminder: Children’s Liturgy at 9:30 Mass

Families are invited to attend Our Lady of the Wayside’s 9:30 am Sunday Mass featuring a special Children’s Liturgy. Parents get to enjoy a brief “breather” and the opportunity to focus on the adult liturgy while their children enjoy hearing [read more...]

OLW Angels Serve Christmas Dinners to the Hungry at St. Benedict Parish

Despite lower than normal temperatures, OLW volunteers served more than 150 guests for the Annual St. Benedict Christmas Day Dinner. Guests were served a warm meal, won gift cards through a raffle, and left with hats & gloves to help [read more...]

Glorious Christmas Celebrations!

Our Lady of the Wayside’s faithful gathered to celebrate Christmas in numbers we haven’t seen since before the pandemic. The photos below were taken at the 3:00 pm Christmas Eve Family Mass. Both the church and the Gathering Place were [read more...]

Christmas Blessings for OLW Students

Just ahead of the Christmas Break, Fathers Arthur and Gilbert, along with school principal and assistant principal, David Wood and Barbara Boarini, visited OLW students to wish them a Merry Christmas and to pray the Our Father for the special [read more...]

OLW’s Pre-K Christmas Program Warms Hearts

Even the Grinch smiled while watching this wonderful Christmas Program, starring the little angels of Our Lady of the Wayside’s preschool classes (all of whom are on Santa’s “Nice” list, credible sources say). Thank you patient and loving teachers and [read more...]

Another Joyous OLW Christmas Program

Mrs. Newell and Mr. Pancratz can certainly bring out the talents of our students! This year’s annual Christmas Program featured several instrument solos and vocalists plus some new Christmas songs for good measure. The program featured all students in 1st [read more...]

OLW Students Go Christmas Shopping (for Catholic Charities)

Last week, OLW middle school students headed to Target for the annual Christmas Service Project. The students brought in more than $500 after Thanksgiving, then went shopping for three adopted Catholic Charities families in early December. Each small group of [read more...]

Scenes From OLW’s SPRED Holiday Gathering

The OLW SPRED team met in December for a special holiday gathering, including a mass said by Fr Charles Bolser (former president of St Viator), followed by an Agape brunch. Families of the SPRED catechists and friends joined in too. [read more...]

Scenes from Simbang Gabi Mass & Reception

On Saturday, December 17, Our Lady of the Wayside celebrated Simbang Gabi, a traditional Filipino Advent Mass. OLW’s Filipino community organized and participated in the liturgy. Several songs and readings were sung/recited in the native language. Following mass, many adjourned [read more...]