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OLW Student Shares Why Catholic Education Matters

As a kick-off to Catholic Schools Week 2023, Our Lady of the Wayside 8th-grader, Sydney L., shared with parishioners how her Catholic Education at OLW has helped form her, academically, faithfully, and socially, and helped prepare her for High School [read more...]

“Sicilian Kiss” a Winner at CFM’s Chili Cookoff

Our Lady of the Wayside’s Christian Family Movement (CFM) held its highly-anticipated Annual Chili Cookoff last weekend in the school gym. Hungry families who attended were NOT disappointed. This year’s winner was Sicilian Kiss, masterfully created by chefs Fara and [read more...]

RCIA Rite of Acceptance

Please join us in congratulating, Michael Fontanez, for his commitment to learning more about our Catholic faith tradition through taking part in the Rite of Acceptance at last Sunday’s 9:30 am Mass. Please keep Michael and all of our candidates [read more...]

Scenes from Faith Into Action, January

On Sunday, January 22, 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 color cards for cancer patients, make fleece blankets [read more...]

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...]