434 W. Park Street

Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Phone: 847-253-5353

Web Site: www.olwparish.org

Pastoral Staff Rev. Artur Marat Administrator Rev. Daniel J. Brady Retired Priest & Resident Deacon Jerry Brennan & Veronica Brennan Deacon Thomas Corcoran & Irene Corcoran Deacon Dr. Donald Grossnickle Deacon Pete LeTourneau & Jan LeTourneau Deacon Paul Onischuk & Lisa Onischuk Sister Joan Shields Director of Religious Education Mr. Dan McMahon Director of Music Mr. Jim Liput Parish Business Manager Ms. Kathleen Freiburger Director of Office Services Arielle Joaquin Youth Director Mrs. Kathy O’Neill Parish Nurse Mr. David Wood School Principal

Wayside Parish

Our Lady of the

July 5, 2020

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 5, 2020 2

OUR STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

For June 28, 2020

This Year Budget Better/

(Worse)

Masses $4,038

Mailed In and

Walk Up

Sunday

$9,792

E Giving

Sunday

$10,940

Total Sunday $24,770 $29,400 ($4,630)

Easter $82,986 $100,000 ($17,014)

Catholic

Charities

$2,475

Missionary

Co-Op

$170

Peter’s Pence $1,010

Retired Priest $4,660

OLW

Education

Endowment

Fund

$25

Balance The

Budget

$2,000

Christmas

YTD

$142,476 $200,000 ($57,524)

Year-to-Date

Weekly &

Holyday

Collections

$1,405,096 $1,499,400 ($94,304)

Weekly E

Giving

$10,940

YTD E Giving $546,663

% of YTD E

Giving/YTD

Weekly

Collections

38.9%

Electronic Giving which is included in the above Totals:

www.givecentral.org

We have 3 new parishioners. We now have 557

parishioners in the program.

Why not sign up today.

Thank you for your generosity.

OLW MASSES HAVE DOUBLED IN JULY!

Father Arthur and the Church Reopening Team are

excited to announce that Our Lady of the Wayside

Mass offerings have doubled beginning this weekend.

"The Reopening Team met to review compliance and

success of the 9:30 and 11:30 masses and determined

that we are now in a ready position to double our

Mass offerings," said Fr. Arthur. "Our goal from the

beginning was to offer Mass and Holy Communion to

as many parishioners as was safely possible. We

started conservatively, offering two Sunday Masses to

50 parishioners each. We learned from this process,

made adjustments and increased attendance to 125

parishioners at each Mass last week. And based on

continued success of this roll-out process, we are now

prepared to add 5:00 pm Saturday Vigil Mass and a

6:00 pm Sunday Mass to the 9:30/11:30 am Sunday

lineup, starting in July," added Father.

Preregistration for Mass attendance is mandatory

and is available starting at 7:00 am the Friday preced-

ing each Saturday or Sunday Mass. Preregister online

here: https://bit.ly/37RmjR8. If you require assistance

registering, please contact Kathy Freiburger in the

parish office at (847) 253-5353.

Face masks must be worn at all Masses throughout

the entire time you are in the building. Please also

bring hand sanitizer if you have it.

Those unable or not quite ready to return to live Mass,

or those considered to be 'most vulnerable,' are en-

couraged to attend Mass virtually. Streaming Mass

continues to be offered live on OLW's Facebook page

at 5:00 pm each Saturday and will also be available

on the parish website shortly after the conclusion of

live-streaming Mass. Dispensation is still offered by

the Archdiocese.

DUE TO THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY THERE IS AN ABBREVIATED BULLETIN THIS WEEKEND

It is available on the website only with no hardcopy in

the parish office.

A full bulletin will return on July 12.

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MASSES AT 9:30 AND 11:30 AM ON JUNE 28 WERE EACH OPEN TO 125 PEOPLE

Preregistration for Mass attendance is mandatory and is avail-

able starting at 7:00 am the Friday preceding each Saturday or

Sunday Mass. Preregister online here: https://bit.ly/37RmjR8. If

you require assistance registering, please contact Kathy

Freiburger in the parish office at (847) 253-5353.

OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

NEEDS FOR R.E.P. PROGRAM IN 2020-2021 The R.E.P. program is in need of Catechists for the

following grades beginning in September 2020.

1 Catechist for Grade 1, meets every Tuesday from

4:00-5:15 p.m.

1 Catechist aide for Grade 2, meets every Tuesday

from 4:00-5:15 p.m.

R.E.P. Office volunteer from 4:00-5:15 p.m. An-

swer phones, complete attendance logs, help with

collating, filing, general office duties. If you and a

friend want to share every other week, please con-

sider signing up.

Please consider this ministry and join other dedicated

Catechists who impart their faith and knowledge to the

children of our parish. We provide extensive support

and direction throughout the year. The texts are very

easy to use and lend additional supplements for instruc-

tion. Please call the R.E.P. office, 847-398-5011, and

we can give you more information.

Guidelines for reopening the schools and classes were issued by the state of Illinois this past week. The guide- lines were provided to the media at the same time as schools received them. As such, we have just begun reading through them. The Chicago Archdiocese is currently re-viewing the new state guidelines as they relate to their own plans. They have indicated they will be providing specific details to school administrators in the next 2-3 weeks. The Office of Catholic Schools has been working on its own re-opening plan for several weeks. We continue to wait for the details needed to finalize a specific plan for OLW. At that time, we will be able to finalize plans for REP and commu-nicate them to all our families.

REGISTRATION

For the Religious Education Program, Grades

1-8, For Year 2020-2021

As we prepare classes for the new Religious Education year and develop safe plans under state guidelines for COVID, we encourage all families to complete the registration packets found on the parish website un-der Education. Receiving all the required paperwork makes finalizing classroom placement and obtaining books, supplies and most importantly, catechists, more efficient. If you have any questions please call the Office at 847-398-5011.

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Join us Friday, July 10 to discuss and reflect!

6 SACRED LITURGY

Sunday, July 5, 2020

7:30 am Ana Mastrangeli

9:30 am Marilyn McGrath

11:30 am Jim Doherty

6:00 pm For the Deceased Members of OLW

Monday, July 6, 2020

8:30 am For the Deceased Members of OLW

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

8:30 am Anthony Palmer, Anna Mastrangeli, James Walsh

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

8:30 am For the Deceased Members of OLW

Thursday, July 9, 2020

8:30 am For the Deceased Members of OLW

Friday, July 10, 2020

8:30 am For the Deceased Members of OLW

Saturday, July 11, 2020

5:00 pm Jim McCabe

Sunday, July 12, 2020

7:30 am Enos Dickey, Kenneth Galinski, Jr 9:30 am Marilyn McGrath

11:30 am Jim Doherty, John & Pat Budin

6:00 pm For the Deceased Members of OLW

Readings for the week of July 5-11, 2020

Please visit http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings

In Loving Memory

PRAY FOR THE DECEASED

Henryk Salwecki

Carol Blatnick

Marie Caranci

Marie DeSanto

Andrew Flack

Fr. John Topper

Audra Tucker

PRAY FOR THE SICK

CYCLES OF FAITH

July 5, 2020

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

There’s a Christian drama called Baggage. In the course

of this monologue, the main character carries more and

more (empty) luggage, slings, and backpacks, explaining

how, through this and that scene, he collects baggage.

You can see the actor start to be weighed down by what

he’s carrying, but it’s so understandable why he does it:

we all do the same. He tries unsuccessfully to unload

that baggage onto others, but to no avail. In the climax of

the script, the actor drops all of the bags with a huge sigh

of relief. This image, while slightly kitschy, can be a

helpful image for us as we consider this all too familiar

Gospel text.

A myriad of scenarios can explain the weight that we

hold deep within: it can be the confusion and anxiety

about the current events we see on the news and social

media; it can be discouragement about being furloughed;

it can be the frustration from our children making poor

life choices; it can be the shame from our secret, hidden

addictive behaviors; it can be a powerlessness in con-

fronting a tense relationship with a family member; it

can be the regret we bear for failures or unresolved con-

flict from our past. The older we get it seems as though

the more baggage we tend to collect. I think that’s nor-

mal, but I also think that we have yet to learn how to let

the baggage go … just like the actor in the skit.

So, when Jesus says, “Come to me … I will give you

rest,” I learned to take him at his word. I took a leap of

faith and laid my heart bare that morning … and the rest

that Jesus talks about was not threatening to me; it was

actually inviting. The burdens that I was carrying … he

took them off my shoulders and emptied them on his

cross. He replaced my burdens with the yoke of disciple-

ship; in essence he said to me, “You’ve tried it your way;

now try mine … it will work out better for you in the

long run.” He has been true to his word ever since.

Our baggage has become our comfort and definition. We

don’t experience what Jesus promised because we fear,

or we doubt. But Jesus is patient as he is persistent. The

invitation will always be there. Grace is always available

to us … but it is “hidden” (cf v 26) because we have hid-

den our faults, thinking that Jesus isn’t “God enough” to

know about them, let alone to forgive us for them. So,

we go on living our lives of quiet desperation, hoping for

relief, lacking the gumption to grasp for it. Weighted

down, we lose our balance often, blaming this person or

that scenario. We’d like to “rejoice heartily,” but we

think erroneously we are condemned to “labor and bur-

dens.” But just maybe, right before inconsolable despair

envelops us when faced with our mountains of impossi-

bilities, we can utter seven words — if even sheepishly

— “I can’t anymore; you can; please do.”

Then just watch what Jesus will do!

Br. John Marmion Villa

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CARE AND OUTREACH

ON LINE BIBLE STUDY Focus on the readings for the coming Sunday and their context in scripture. No registration or fee. When your schedule permits. Fri-day mornings online at - 9:30 - 11:15 a.m. Contact biblestudy @olwparish.org to receive the sign-in code for the meeting.

ST. VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY An emergency source for short term financial help. For information or assistance, contact the DePaul voice mailbox at the parish 847-253-5353 x398.

FUNERAL LUNCHEON MINISTRY This Ministry offers families in their time of sorrow a continental breakfast in the Gathering Place or sit down luncheon in the Rec-

tory Meeting Room. For further information contact the parish office.

LITTLE SAINTS PRAY & PLAY Little Saints Pray & Play for children and their caregivers, meets twice monthly. Email OLWLittleSaints @gmail.com for more

information.

SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRY Special Needs Ministry was established to identify and meet the needs of our parishioners with special needs. Contact the parish of-

fice or email - special-needs @att.net or specialneeds @olwparish.org.

THE ELIZABETH MINISTRY The Elizabeth Ministry offers families prayer and support during the joys, challenges and sorrows of the childbearing years. To con-tact a minister, please complete a card from the banner in the back of the church, or call the parish office or e-mail ElizabethMinis-

try @olwparish.org. or elizabethministry @att.net

ST. MARK’S - NON PERISHABLE FOOD DRIVE EVERY SUNDAY Drop off bin located in Gathering Place hallway across from the drinking fountains (8-12 every Sunday) in addition to the Garage drop off (2nd Sunday of each month). To Volunteer - The Piergalskis-847-341-8461-collecting or delivery or Volunteer signup http://

www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f48acae2ca75-stmarks.

SHAWL MINISTRY This prayerful ministry offers knitted or crocheted shawls to those who are in need of comfort physically, emotionally and spiritually. We meet every Thursday at 1:00 p.m. in the Parish Center - Cabrini Room. Questions contact Kit-847-398-1940, Winnie-847-392-1578.

MINISTRY OF CARE OLW has trained Ministers of Care who are available to visit and bring communion to those parishioners who are homebound. If you are interested in receiving communion or being part of this ministry contact Kathy O’Neill, 847-253-5353, ext. 238.

RESPECT LIFE The Respect Life Ministry works to make life issues visible and viable at the parish level. To get more involved in Respect Life at

OLW, please email respectlife @olwparish.org.

WORSHIP AND SPIRITUAL LIFE

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD Sunday Readings and Homily adapted for ages 3 to 10 on most Sundays at the 9:30 Mass before the Liturgy of the Word. The chil-

dren are invited to participate. The children will return for the remainder of the Mass. No registration is required!

ROSARY PRAYER GROUP Meets in the Seton room (#201) every Monday at 7:00 p.m. Contact - Chris S. (847)-749-4401

ST. HUBERT’S JOB NETWORK Our Lady of the Wayside is one of over 25 member parishes of St. Hubert’s Job Network. Meetings are held on the second and fourth

Mondays of the month at St. Hubert’s in Hoffman Estates. Visit www.sainthubert.org/job-networking for a full schedule of events.

PARISH LIFE COMMISSION

PARTICIPATE IN OUR ONGOING EVENTS Enjoy the parish community by meeting other parishioners at events such as Women’s Golf, Men’s Golf, Women’s Bowling, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Bridge, Widows of Wayside (W.O.W.), and Christian Family Movement (CFM), the Senior Group and Fil-American Group. Contact parishlife @olwparish.org with questions.

Violence is never justified; you are not alone. - Illinois Domestic Violence 24-Hour Hotline - 877-863-6338.

WHEELS TO WORSHIP If you need a ride to Mass or would like to drive a fellow parishioner, please contact Louise & Tom Dickey at

Louisedickey @gmail.com or 773-977-8307.

Parish Information

Parish Office and Rectory

(847) 253-5353

Parish FAX: (847) 253-7175

School FAX: (847) 253-0543

Parish School Office

(847) 255-0050

Parish Religious Education Office

(847) 398-5011

Web Site: www.olwparish.org

Weekend Eucharistic Liturgies

Saturday: 5:00 pm

Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 am and 6:00 p.m.

Weekday Eucharistic Liturgies

8:30 am Monday through Friday

Weekday Communion Services

7:00 am Monday through Friday

8:30 am Saturday

Mr. Bud Trunk

Chairperson Parish Pastoral Council

Mr. Tony Russo

Chairperson Worship & Spiritual Life

Chairperson Parish Management Council

Check out OLW Website

www.olwparish.org

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)

There is a process available for those adults interested

in learning more about the Catholic faith in order to receive

the Sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist and/or Confirmation.

Call the Parish Office at 253-5353.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday 11:00 am to 12 Noon or request another

time by contacting one of the priests.

Sacrament of Marriage

Contact the parish office at least six months ahead

of a preferred date for necessary preparation.

Sacrament of Baptism

Celebrated on the First and Third Sunday of each month

at 1:00 pm in the Church. A Baptismal preparation session

is necessary before Baptism. Contact the Parish Office as

soon as possible for details.

Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick

Homebound or ill who wish to receive this Sacrament

and the Eucharist, please contact the Parish Office.

OUR LADY of the WAYSIDE 4 3 4 W E S T P A R K S T R E E T • A R L I N G T O N H E I G H T S , I L L I N O I S 6 0 0 0 5

“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and

I will give you rest .” - Mt 11:28

Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass ©2001, 1998, 1970 CCD.