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OLW Celebrate 70! Parade Prep

Our Lady of the Wayside teens and volunteers prepared the OLW Celebrate 70! Memorial Day float for action this morning.  

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: Holy Name Society

OLW’s Holy Name Society was organized on August 18, 1952. John J. Barrett was appointed charter president. As a departure from evening meetings, Fr. Harold T. O’Hara, pastor and spiritual advisor, held meetings at the monthly communion breakfast. Each breakfast [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: OLW Catholic Woman’s Club

Our Lady of the Wayside’s Catholic Women’s Club was organized on August 7, 1952, for the spiritual advancement of its members and to assist the Pastor in the material aspects of parish affairs. The diligent efforts of special committees and [read more...]

Don’t Miss the Celebrate 70 Golf Outing

Mark Your Calendars & Save the Date! Our Lady of the Wayside’s Celebrate 70 Golf Outing will be held on Friday, July 14, 2023, at the Old Orchard Country Club. Stay tuned to OLW communications channels for more information about the [read more...]

Don’t Miss the Celebrate 70 Float, Memorial Day Parade

We love a parade! And as part of our 70th anniversary celebration, OLW will have a Celebrate 70! float in the Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 29. Grab your lawn chair and wave “howdy!” as the float rolls [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: First School Faculty

In August 1954, four Dominican Sisters of St. Catharine of Siena, from St. Catharine, Kentucky, arrived to take up quarters in a wing of Our Lady of the Wayside’s new school until a convent could be built. The first class [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Thank You from Cardinal Cupich

Below is a Celebrate 70 “Thank You” from His Eminence, Blase Cardinal Cupich. Sharing…

Celebrate 70 Family Fair, Save the Date!

Come One, Come All! Our Lady of the Wayside’s Celebrate 70 Family Fair is being planned, even as you read this post.  It will take place on Saturday, June 10th, from 6-10pm — immediately following the 5 pm Mass. There [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Golf Outing, Save the Date!

Mark Your Calendars & Save the Date! Our Lady of the Wayside’s Celebrate 70 Golf Outing will be held on Friday, July 14, 2023, at the Old Orchard Country Club. Stay tuned to OLW communications channels for more information about the [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: Third Rectory

In the second half of 1954, Father O’Hara and Father O’Connor moved into a third rectory, in as many years, situated on the edge of the school property on Walnut street.