Photo Gallery

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: Temporary Church

Father O’Hara had a vision to celebrate Christmas Mass in a temporary church in OLW School, even though construction had only began that summer. Contractors stepped up their work and, on Christmas Eve, Father O’Hara, the Altar Committee and a [read more...]

Introducing Our RCIA Elect & Candidates

Please welcome our new brothers and sisters into Our Lady of the Wayside’s faith community. After a lengthy discernment and study, Mike Fontanez, Elena Hemmila, and Ed Spence have committed to growing their faith in the Catholic church. Thank you [read more...]

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...]