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Celebrate 70! Fun Fact: Automobile Raffle Fundraisers

Automobile raffles were an important and successful fundraising tool in the earliest days of our parish. Booklets containing 12 raffle tickets of $1 each were distributed to parishioners who were expected to sell to family and friends. Money raised went [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: OLW School’s Rapid Growth

In four short years after Father O’Hara accepted the commission to be Our Lady of the Wayside’s first pastor, OLW School enrollment swelled from 300 to 1,000 students. The school building was designed to easily convert to additional classrooms, as [read more...]

Grab a Celebrate 70! T-Shirt While They Last

How do you spot a Waysider in a crowd? (S)he’s the one with a big smile and wearing a sharp looking Celebrate 70! t-shirt, of course 🙂 Celebrate 70 T-Shirts are on display and available for purchase in the Parish [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: Men’s Golf League

The Men’s Golf League is the longest-continuing organization at Our Lady of the Wayside. It teed off for the first time on Wednesday, May 1, 1957, at Chevy Chase Golf Course. Eight teams of five men each were formed to play [read more...]

Celebrate 70! Golf Outing Dinner Caps a Big Day on the Links

Following Friday’s successful OLW Celebrate 70! Golf Outing, participants gathered for cocktails and a delicious awards dinner. Several parishioners who didn’t play in the outing joined golfers for the celebration dinner afterwards, adding to the fun and fellowship. Father Arthur [read more...]

Thank You OLW Celebrate 70 Golf Outing Sponsors!

We are extremely grateful to all OLW Celebrate 70! Golf Outing & Awards Dinner sponsors who supported our parish and this highly successful community event. We could not have done it without them. Please show them your support as well. [read more...]

Celebrate 70 T-Shirts For Sale

How do you spot a Waysider in a crowd? (S)he’s the one with a big smile and wearing a great looking Celebrate 70! t-shirt, of course 🙂 Celebrate 70 T-Shirts will be available for purchase in the Gathering Place foyer [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Golf Outing: THIS FRIDAY

Calling all Golfers and Duffers… Registration remains open for Our Lady of the Wayside’s Celebrate 70! Golf Outing which will be held on Friday, July 14, 2023, at the Old Orchard Country Club. The shotgun start is at 12:30 pm. [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: Convent Construction

In August 1954, four Dominican Sisters who had been teaching OLW students took up temporary residence in a separate section of the school building. Construction of a convent began on October 27, 1955, and the Sisters looked forward to its [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: First Graduation Class

In June, 1955, Our Lady of the Wayside School graduated its first class of 24 students: Front Row (l to r): Donald Boehmer, Judith Katkus, John Roth, Barbara Barrett, Father Harold O’Hara (pastor), Katherine Grundhoefer, Kenneth Schwarz, Eleanor Shanley, Bruce [read more...]