Tag Archive: #prolife

As We Approach Christmas, How Do We Approach Life?

December is not just the month of Christ’s birth, but also of Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception, a holy day of obligation celebrated on December 8th. This feast day tells us that Mary was just like us in terms of her [read more...]

A Look Back at Respect Life Month

For the second year in a row, the OLW Respect Life Ministry scheduled a full month of events — from donuts to donations we not only invited the parish to pray for life through a very meditative novena, we once [read more...]

Guardians Needed: 40 Hours of Adoration for Life

Feel called to be a Guardian of the Blessed Sacrament?  Are you willing to sacrifice an hour of your time and receive extraordinary blessings in return? Perpetual adoration of the exposed Blessed Sacrament is a beautiful and transformative experience we [read more...]

Because of Christ, We Are The People of Life, For Life

On March 25, 2020, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Church celebrated the 25th anniversary of the papal encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life). It highlights the special and particular role of women in bearing the [read more...]

Join the “LIFE Brings Hope!” March

Join Northwest Families for Life, the Knights of Columbus, and several neighboring parishes — including Our Lady of the Wayside — in the March For Life. The march will kick off on Saturday, October 21, at 1:00 pm, from St. [read more...]

Help Pregnant Women in Need: Monthlong Baby Shower

In honor of Respect Life Month this October, Our Lady of the Wayside’s Respect Life Ministry is hosting a Monthlong Baby Shower for women in need. Donations will go to the Aid for Women Pregnancy Center in Wheeling, and then be [read more...]

Respect Life Novena Begins Friday, October 13

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Respect Life Month. Join a nationwide novena starting Friday for the protection of human life from conception to natural death. Each day of the novena features a different prayer intention, as well as [read more...]

40 Hours of Adoration for Life

As part of Respect Life Month, we will be offering Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration for 40 hours in the Gathering Place. Adoration will begin following 6PM mass on Sunday October 22nd and continue through Wednesday October 24th at 8PM. All are [read more...]

The Power of Eucharistic Adoration

“It is impossible in human terms to exaggerate the importance of being in a church or chapel before the blessed Sacrament as often and for as long as our daily duties allow…” ~ Father John Hardon Father John Hardon’s quote [read more...]

Living Radical Solidarity

An excerpt from Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge statement on Respect Life Month 2023 Since 1973, the year the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide in Roe v. Wade, the month of October has been set aside by the U.S. bishops [read more...]