Parish News

THANK YOU Tax Credit Scholarship Program Participants

We did it! WE maximized the $75,000 match from the Archdiocese. Thank you to the 15 families who participated. Your generosity will make it possible for more students to attend Our Lady of the Wayside School.

Join Us for February’s Family Mass

Please join us for the next Family Mass, Sunday, February 5 at 9:30 am. Bring your sweethearts to worship our loving Lord!  Then grab a donut and enjoy some family and friend time after mass. We need student volunteers for [read more...]

REP Update: January 31 and February 7, 2023

Here is the REP Schedule for the Weeks of January 31 and February 7, 2023. Tuesday, January 31 4 pm, 1st through 4th grade classes meet 7 pm, 7th and 8th grade classes meet Homily Evaluation, Saint Paper, Letter to [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...]

Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Father Arthur Marat presiding.

9 Days for Life Novena: Day 6

9 Days for Life is an annual novena for the protection of human life. Each day’s intention is accompanied by a short reflection and suggested actions to help build a culture of life. Today, we pray that every expectant mother [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...]

A Call For Renewed Stewardship at OLW!

At all masses last weekend, Joe Farwell and Grant Trunnell, members of Our Lady of the Wayside’s Parish Management Council, highlighted our Stewardship Report and detailed how our parish’s finances tie-in with all aspects of our church, school, religious education [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...]

Nothing Ordinary Here!

There is nothing ordinary about Ordinary Time. This couldn’t be truer today when Zephaniah reminds us of the mysteriousness of God’s way and Jesus lays out his Gospel blueprint in his Sermon on the Mount. God’s ways certainly are mysterious. [read more...]