Our Lady of the Wayside Church

Our Lady of the Wayside Church is a Catholic church at 434 West Park Street in Arlington Heights, IL 60005. It is one of 46 churches in Arlington Heights, and one of 4 Catholic congregations in the city.

We do this by building a nurturing Catholic community through prayer, service, and celebration.

Our Lady of the Wayside Parish is a Roman Catholic community of almost 3,000 households who live in and serve the Arlington Heights, Illinois area in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago.

434 West Park Street, Arlington Heights, IL, 60005

Service times

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:30am · through
  • Tuesday 6pm · Together Mass
  • Saturday 5pm

Phone: (224) 518-1780 · Website: http://www.olwparish.org/

Our Lady of the Wayside Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,056 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Illinois — 18,927 across the United States on The Church Map.

From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.

Ministries at Our Lady of the Wayside Church

  • Bereavement Ministry
  • Blood Drives
  • Coffee & Donuts Ministry
  • Religious Education Program (REP)
  • Children's Liturgy of the Word
  • Little Saints Pray and Play

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Watch

Latest from Our Lady of the Wayside Parish's YouTube channel: 9/17/2026 Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time (all videos).

The community around Our Lady of the Wayside Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Social Isolation: 28.5%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Arlington Heights village is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 3,431 residents.

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