Tag Archive: #olwparish

2020 Stock Donations/2020 Tax Statements

Dear Parishioners, It has come to our attention that stock donations to Our Lady of the Wayside may not have been reflected in some 2020 tax statements issued by the parish. Since these donations go through the Archdiocese of Chicago, [read more...]

Friday after Ash Wednesday

Father Arthur Marat presiding with Deacon Peter LeTourneau assisting.

OLW’s PADS Ministry Mentioned in Chicago Catholic

There is a great article on the Chicago Catholic website that mentions how Our Lady of the Wayside’s PADS Ministry is helping the homeless during the pandemic.  Through the Holy Spirit, and with the help of many dedicated parish #DifferenceMakers, great [read more...]

Join Us for Daily Mass this Lenten Season

Please join us, live and in-person, for 8:30 am Mass on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays during Lent. If you can’t come in-person, then please join us by livestream on our Facebook or YouTube Channels, or “on-demand” on our [read more...]

Mass for Thursday after Ash Wednesday

Father Arthur Marat presiding with Deacon Peter LeTourneau assisting.

Pastor’s Letter: Ash Wednesday 2021

Dear Parishioners, My brothers and sisters, today, as we begin the holy season of Lent — the season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, I would like to invite you to meditate on the writings of Fr. Louis Bouyer, a French priest [read more...]

Mass for Ash Wednesday

Father Arthur Marat presiding with Deacon Peter LeTourneau assisting.

The Power of Intercessory Prayer

Intercessory prayer is a blessing and a call to faith. One of the gifts of intercessory prayer is that it moves us from focus on ourselves to focus on God and others. It draws us into selflessness and out of [read more...]

This Lent, We Embrace Our Desert, Reflect on God’s Loving Presence

1st Sunday of Lent – Year B  Lent has begun, and we will spend the next 40 days preparing for the most important feast in the Church: Easter. In order to prepare for his public ministry, Jesus Himself spent 40 [read more...]

Our Lenten Faith Journey Begins

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the start of our Lenten journey.  The ashes symbolize both death and repentance.  Death – not only our physical death, but also our spiritual death through sin, which is forgiven through our repentance. In addition to [read more...]