Parish News

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...]

Blanket Drive Nets 113 Blankets For Those in Need

7th & 8th Grade OLW Religious Education Program (REP) students from South Middle School and Holmes Jr. High earned confirmation service hours by organizing and participating in a Blanket Drive. The, highly successful, “Spread the Warmth & Share the Love” [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...]

Christmas: A Time for HOPE

While many of us may become stressed out before Christmas and depressed afterwards—working hard to make the holiday perfect and burning out once it’s all “over”—the Light of the season can still shine through if we remember one thing. In [read more...]

Cardinal Cupich’s Christmas Message

Christmas 2022 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, “The Word was made flesh, and he made his dwelling among us.” These momentous words from the beginning of John’s Gospel describe exactly what we celebrate at Christmas. Jesus, the eternal Son [read more...]

Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent

Father Arthur Marat presiding.

Parish Office Closed: Christmas Holidays

The parish office will be closed from Friday, December 23, through Monday, December 26, in celebration of Christmas.  Business operations will resume on Tuesday, December 27. Merry Christmas!

REP Update: December 26, 2022 and January 2, 2023

Here’s the REP Schedule for the Weeks of December 26, 2021 and January 2, 2023 Sunday, December 25  Merry Christmas! Tuesday, December 27  NO REP CLASSES Sunday, January 1, 2023  Happy New Year! The Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [read more...]

Legacy Planning: Christmas Season Giving

During this most holy season, rejoice in the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As stewards of our faith, please continue his good work on earth by considering a gift through your will or a planned gift in [read more...]