Father Vince Costello - Our Lady of the Wayside Church

In Honor Of Our Pastor
Father Vince Costello
July 24, 2005
Father Vince’s New Address:
Rev. Vincent F. Costello
642 West Deming Place
Chicago, IL 60614
Thanks for helping us connect with Christ.
Father Vince, With His Boss

11-1/2 Years of Progress and Commitment
During Father Vince’s Years At Our Lady of the Wayside…
• The first major building project in 30 years, the Gathering Place,
was completed and opened in 1998.
• The former convent was remodeled and converted into the new
Parish Center, opening in August, 2002.
• The ‘Sharing Christ’s Gifts’ Millennium Campaign raised more than
$3 million between 2001 and 2004, making it one of the most
successful campaigns in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
• Our Lady of the Wayside School was declared a National Blue
Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education.
• The Parish Education Endowment Fund was established.
• Father Vince baptized 446 new Catholics.
• OLW’s Christian Family Movement grew to become the largest in
the world.
• Father Vince presided at 240 weddings.
• More than 800 people participated in Christ Renews His Parish
weekends.
• 1,457 young people were confirmed.
• By 2005, the number of parish ministries grew to 94.
• Father Vince presided at 377 funerals.
• Our Lady of the Wayside Parish has grown without incurring debt.
Father Vincent F. Costello
Father Vince Costello joined Our Lady of the Wayside Parish in 1994 and
was installed as pastor on October 16 of that year. He had served briefly as
an Associate Pastor under Father Martin Barnum.
Vince Costello is a Chicago guy through and through. He grew up on the
City’s West Side, near La Follette Park and attended St. Peter Canisius
Elementary School on North Avenue, just west of Cicero Avenue. He was
a Cub Scout and played football at St. Peter. He grew up in a “Sox”
household but likes to see both of Chicago’s teams win, and the Bears too.
He is the son of the late Vincent J. and Mary Ellen Costello. His mother
and his younger siblings, Cathy, Anne and Philip, remain in the Chicago
area.
His aspirations to the priesthood were evident early and he entered the
Archdiocese of Chicago’s minor seminary, Quigley North, for his high
school education and continued the path to ordination at Niles College and
to the major seminary in Mundelein. He was ordained in 1976.
He also has earned an M.A. degree in history from Loyola University in
Chicago and a second M.A. degree in applied spirituality from the
University of San Francisco.
As a deacon in the year prior to ordination, he served at St. Dorothy Parish
on Chicago’s South Side and was assigned associate pastor at St. Francis
Borgia on the Northwest Side, where he served from 1976 to 1981. The
next assignment was St. Christopher Parish in South Suburban Midlothian
from 1981 to 1984.
Then it was back to Niles College, this time on the faculty from 1984 to
1993 and he also served on the Priests’ Council and served an elected term
on the Priest Placement Board and helped as a field advocate for the
Marriage Tribunal and worked in the Pre-Cana program.
Following Niles College, he joined us in Arlington Heights. He will begin
his task as a Vicar for Priests on July 25, 2005.