Religious Education Program

REP Update: Weeks of September 20 & 27

Here is the REP Schedule for the Weeks of September 20 and September 27, 2021 Tuesday, September 21, 7:00 p.m. First class meeting, 7th and 8th grades ONLY Tuesday, September 28, 4:00 p.m. First class meeting, 1st – 4th grades [read more...]

REP Update: Weeks of September 13 & 20

Here is the REP Schedule for the Weeks of September 13 and September 20, 2021 Tuesday, September 14th, 7:00 p.m. First class meeting, 5th and 6th grades ONLY Sunday, September 19th, 9:30 a.m. Mass Catechetical Sunday Tuesday, September 21, 7:00 p.m. [read more...]

Welcome & Welcome Back to the REP Class of 2021-2022!

I am looking forward to meeting and working with you and your children as we begin the new REP year! Each Friday I will send out updates and reminders via Wayside REP Reflections in Flocknote. The REP office is using [read more...]

OLW Welcomes Danielle Pitzer, Director of Lifelong Faith Formation

Dear OLW Parishioners, I am excited to begin my new position as Director of Lifelong Faith Formation at the parish. This position aligns with the Archdiocese Renew My Church initiative. It falls under the Office of Lifelong Faith Formation within [read more...]

Director of Lifelong Faith Formation

Earlier this year, the Archdiocese informed our parish that we will be participating in the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Renew My Church program. An integral element of this initiative is faith formation – helping both our children and adults know the [read more...]

Farewell and God Bless – We Will Miss You

As we prepare to begin the Renew My Church initiative, we are saddened to have to bid farewell to our beloved Sr. Joan Shields and her assistant Louise Dickey, who resigned from their respective positions of Director of Religious Education [read more...]

Religious Education Program Update

June 3 will be the last day of school for the year. An all school Mass for grades 1-7 will be celebrated at 10:30 with the school children. REGISTRATION FOR REP CLASSES If you know of a family in which [read more...]

REP Update: Congrats to our First Communicants; REP Registration

Wednesday, May 19- The OLW Grade 7-8 School Students will be attending the 8:30 Mass. Following Mass, May Crowning by the 8th graders will take place. We will be practicing with the 8th graders as follows: Monday, May 17 beginning [read more...]

REP Update & Year-End Poem

Wednesday, May 12: The OLW Grade 1-2 School Students will be attending the 8:30 Mass. The school second graders will be wearing their First Communion attire in celebration of their First Eucharist Masses from the previous two weekends. Registrations are [read more...]

Religious Education Program Update

Registrations were mailed to all families who do not have a REP balance open on their account. The forms are requested back by April 30th to ensure that we can order books and supplies in a timely fashion. If you [read more...]