Parish News

Catholic Charities NEEDS YOUR HELP

Are you passionate about helping others? Become a volunteer at Catholic Charities’ North and Northwest Regional Service Center, at 1717 Rand Road, Des Plaines.  Catholic Charities North and Northwest Regional Food Pantry: We desperately need your help serving those coming [read more...]

Memorial of Saint Monica

Fr. Arthur Marat presiding. St. Monica, G.dallorto, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons

Wayside Wednesday, August 25, 2021

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Fr. Schmitz: Praying in a State of Mortal Sin

Contrite prayer can be an act of courage, because Lord knows there’s no harder time to pray than after we know we’ve sinned. In a way, we’re afraid to approach God. Yet, just as the only way to overcome our [read more...]

Mass for Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Fr. Arthur Marat presiding.

Mass for Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Fr. Dominic Vinh Ha presiding.

Back to School 2021-2022!

OLW School is so happy to start this new year! Strength for the Journey is the Archdiocese theme for Catholic schools. We are committed to helping our students on their faith journey to Grow with God. We started the school year with [read more...]

Looking for a Wheels to Worship Chairperson

Our Lady of the Wayside is looking for a Chairperson to lead our Wheels to Worship Ministry. What is Wheels to Worship? The Wheels to Worship Ministry is a group of volunteers who practice discipleship by driving our parish’s older [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...]

Deacon’s Beacon: Answering Jesus’ Call

Answering Jesus’ Call In the early stages of the parish revitalization program (“To teach who Christ is”) one of the questions asked of the participants was – “Is your parish a “Maintenance Church” or a “Missionary Church”? I thought – [read more...]