Tag Archive: #celebrate70!

Lace ’em Up! SVdP Fun Run/Walk, September 16th

As a part of Our Lady of the Wayside’s Celebrate 70! Series of events, we are lacing up our shoes for a Tri-parish 5K/1-mile Family Fun Run and Walk for the Poor. Mark your calendars… we’ll take it to the [read more...]

Celebrate 70! 50/50 Raffle Pot: $7,200 and Climbing…

An important component of our Celebrate 70! Anniversary series of events is the 50/50 Raffle. Half of the pot will go to the big winner, who will be announced during the Celebrate 70! Oktoberfest celebration on September 23, 2023.  The [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: What’s Inside the Church Cornerstone?

Did you know… Our Lady of the Wayside Church’s cornerstone was laid on March 17, 1957. Sealed into it was: Every copy of “The Waysider’ (parish bulletin) to date A current issue of The New World A current Issue of [read more...]

Register Now: SVdP Fun Run/Walk

As a part of Our Lady of the Wayside’s Celebrate 70! Series of events, we are lacing up our shoes for a Tri-parish 5K/1-mile Family Fun Run and Walk for the Poor. Mark your calendars… we’ll take it to the [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: Father O’Hara’s “Tough Love” Letter

A special fund drive for building the new church concluded just before the cornerstone laying. $10,000 (the equivalent of $108,786 today) was realized, but not before Father Harold O’Hara issued a “tough love” letter to parishioners asking them to step [read more...]

50/50 Raffle: You Can’t Win if You Don’t Play!

An important component of our Celebrate 70! Anniversary series of events is the 50/50 Raffle. Half of the pot will go to the big winner, who will be announced during the Celebrate 70! Oktoberfest celebration on September 23, 2023.  The [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: OLW Church Construction Begins

On March 17, 1957, The Most Rev. Raymond P. Hillinger, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, blessed and laid the cornerstone of Our Lady of the Wayside’s new, permanent Church. Construction was expected to be completed in September of 1958, at a cost [read more...]

50/50 Raffle: You Can’t Win if You Don’t Play!

An important component of our Celebrate 70! Anniversary series of events is the 50/50 Raffle. Half of the pot will go to the big winner who will be announced during the Celebrate 70! Oktoberfest celebration on September 23, 2023.  The [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: Church Ground Breaking

When temporary church space in OLW School was converted to seven additional classrooms needed for rapidly growing enrollment, Father O’Hara and his loyal parishioners realized that construction of a permanent church was a necessity. There was no alternative. Money was [read more...]

Celebrate 70! 50/50 Raffle: Get Your Tickets NOW!

Tickets are ON SALE NOW for the OLW Celebrate 70! 50/50 Raffle. The lucky jackpot winner will split the pot — up to $50,000* — with the parish. The raffle is part of the year-long celebration of Our Lady of [read more...]