Parish News

What is a Friend?

Discovering what it means to be a friend is part of the teenage experience. Teens are busy creating their self identity; which often means their friends and allies may change depending upon their interests. If you have or are surrounded [read more...]

Why Your Parish Needs You?

Pulling one out of the vault.. Fr. Mike tells you why your parish priest needs you (and how you can help). The value of a new parishioner introducing him or herself to the parish and just asking the priest, “How can [read more...]

Family Mass with Bishop Robert Casey: This Sunday, 9:30 am

Breaking Good News… Father Arthur had the opportunity to meet with Vicar General, the Most Reverend Robert Casey, and invite him to Celebrate 70! with Our Lady of the Wayside. Bishop Casey enthusiastically and graciously agreed! So SAVE THE DATE [read more...]

That Man is You: Laying a Foundation for the Future

Join OLW’s Men’s Group in the Gathering Place for food, fellowship and faith discussions this Saturday, October 28, at 7 am. Featured VIDEO: Laying a Foundation for the Future Session 8 considers selfishness vs. selflessness, the family’s role in economic [read more...]

Love & Charity, Now

We need God and each other more than ever. The Gospel command to love God with our whole heart, soul and mind, and our neighbors as ourselves, brings this reality home. In a nation where we enjoy food, having our [read more...]

A Look Back at Respect Life Month

For the second year in a row, the OLW Respect Life Ministry scheduled a full month of events — from donuts to donations we not only invited the parish to pray for life through a very meditative novena, we once [read more...]

Outdoor Family Rosary

Bring your family to the Mary Grotto on Park Street on all Tuesdays in October, at 4:30 pm, to pray the rosary. Rosaries and instruction provided.  

URGENT ACTION REQURED: Save the Invest In Kids Program

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We, the Catholic bishops of Illinois, write with a sense of urgency. Unless the General Assembly acts to renew the Invest in Kids scholarship program, more than 9,000 children currently relying on this program [read more...]

Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time.

Divorce Care Ministry Starts November 10th

Our Lady of the Wayside is pleased to offer a support group for divorced men and women beginning at 6:30 pm, on Friday, November 10, in the OLW Gathering Place. This support group is open to any divorced person and [read more...]