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Order Your OLW Celebrate 70 T-shirts by May 5th!!

Great News Waysiders! Orders are now being taken for Celebrate 70 Swagwear. Two colors and multiple styles are available in adult and kids sizes. The order deadline has been extended to May 5th. Delivery is estimated to be May 25. [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: OLW School

Ground was broken for OLW School on the Feast of Our Lady of the Wayside, May 24, 1953. It would initially also provide space for a parish hall, a parish library, a temporary church, and a convent. The first class [read more...]

The Cardinal’s Call-to-Action for Next 70 Years

In Cardinal Cupich’s beautiful Homily delivered at Our Lady of the Wayside’s Celebrate 70 Family Mass, he congratulated our Parish for 70 years of growth, and challenged Waysiders to live the Gospel and carry Jesus’ message and mission into the [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Mass with Cardinal Cupich, So Joyous!

The Celebrate 70 Family Mass on Sunday, April 16 — celebrated by Cardinal Blase Cupich — was nothing short of spectacular. There was joy in the air, in the prayer, in the music, with our community, with our priests and [read more...]

Second Sunday of Easter, Celebrate 70 Mass with Cardinal Cupich

His Eminence, Blase J. Cupich celebrating. Reverend Arthur Marat concelebrating. Thank you for joining and celebrating our 70th Anniversary Family Mass with us.

Celebrate 70 Family Mass With Cardinal Cupich

Come Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of Our Lady of Wayside Parish with Cardinal Blase Cupich on Sunday, April 16, at 9:30 am. Following Mass, please plan to join us for a Celebrate 70 Reception and Brunch in [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Family Mass & Brunch With Cardinal Cupich

Come Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of Our Lady of Wayside Parish with Cardinal Blase Cupich on Sunday, April 16, at 9:30 am. Following Mass, please plan to join us for a Celebrate 70 Reception and Brunch in [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: First Parish Picnic

On Sunday, September 7, 1952, Our Lady of the Wayside held its first Parish Picnic to acquaint parishioners with each other and with the pastor. It was a bring-your-own-lunch affair, with games and contests for every age group. Before the [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: The Waysider

Our Lady of the Wayside’s Founder and First Pastor was many things: determined, hard-working, faithful, courageous, strong-willed, leader, and visionary, to name a few. On August 17, 1952, Fr. Harold T. O’Hara added “publisher” to this list when he launched [read more...]

Celebrate 70 Fun Fact: Temporary Church

Father O’Hara had a vision to celebrate Christmas Mass in a temporary church in OLW School, even though construction had only began that summer. Contractors stepped up their work and, on Christmas Eve, Father O’Hara, the Altar Committee and a [read more...]