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Looking to get more involved at with St. Alphonsus YAM?

There are plenty of ways to volunteer with our Young Adult Ministry! The below Involvement and Volunteer Form is a great first step in letting us know you're eager to get more involved and help our community thrive. All we need is your name and email to get started so that we can reach out to you directly. Whether it's joining one of our committees or simply lending a hand at one of our events, we want to know your interests.

Involvement & Volunteer Form

General

Communion Ministry

Are you interested in serving our St. Al’s community in a special way? We are currently looking for volunteers to be part of the communion ministry at St. Al’s! Volunteers will bring Holy Communion to parishioners that are sick or homebound on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis. Typically volunteers have brought communion Monday after the 8am mass, however, the timing could be adjusted based on the volunteer’s schedule. Typically it takes about 1.5 hrs to distribute communion depending on how many parishioners you are visiting. Please contact Stephanie Sullivan at stephanie.lazar523@gmail.com for more information!

Social

Young Adult Speed Dating

Saturday, April 29 | 6:00pm

Young adult (21-39 yrs old) speed dating will take place on Saturday, April 29th with registration check-ins beginning at 6:00pm.

Cost per individual ticket is $50. You must pre-register for the event. Final day to register is Wednesday, April 26. At the door sign ups are not allowed, to ensure everyone is able to meet their matches for each round.

Women's Registration

Men's Registration

Create a Profile link. Participants create a profile and select a preferred dating range. They will then be match with people that select similar ranges (*your age must fall within the range). *Once you create your profile, be sure to save your login to make matches, after the event.

Create Profile Link

1. Register on the Give Central Link

2. Create a Speed Dating Profile in using the above link, if you have issues, please contact us at the stalsyamsocial email address.

Join us for a tremendously fun evening of quality conversations with great dates, food and drinks included! Don't wait to register! Seats go super fast. All ticket sales are final and a limited number of tickets are available for each men's and women's group, so buy yours now before they sell out.

Follow-up questions can be sent to stalsyamsocial@gmail.com

Cocktails After Mass

Sunday, April 23 | 6pm

Meet at the back of church after 5pm Mass and we'll head over to a local bar, the Pony Inn, for some drinks and socialization.

Intellectual

Philosophy Forum

Tuesdays

Join us on Tuesdays in the St. Alphonsus rectory for weekly philosophy discussions and digging deeper into the greatest thinkers of all time. Get in touch with Evan at esadasiv@alumni.nd.edu for more information.

Book Club

Wednesdays | 6pm

Our parish has a group of intellectual avid readers who love our Catholic faith and learning more about life through the great works. They meet every Wednesday at 6pm, either in-person in the rectory or on ZOOM. For more information, contact Book Club coordinator Leora at lwallac2@alumni.nd.edu.

Service

Safe Families "Blessing Bag" Assembly

Wednesday, April 12 | 7pm

St. Alphonsus Rectory - First Floor "Board Room"

1429 W Wellington Ave, Chicago IL 60657

Please join us for a short 1-hour service event to assemble our "Blessing Bags".

Now that our parish groups have done the hard work of gathering donated items for our Safe Families "Blessing Bags" during Lent, now we have the honor of assembling them!

- What to bring? YOURSELF! We already have plenty of donated items.

- Who can come? ANYONE! Especially those in participating parish groups (YAM, small groups, Men's Group, RCIA, Philosophy Forum, etc.)

Helpful Context: When a child arrives at a SFFC "host family" house, they often don't come with much... maybe an extra outfit or two, but rarely anything beyond that.

While our wonderful SFFC supply closet in Festival Hall already has "the basics" clothes and toys for these kids, we would also LOVE to provide the child and host family with a "Safe Families Blessing Bag" to make the child feel extra loved and welcome... and to save the host family an expensive last-minute trip to Target and/or a Beauty Supply store!

More info about Safe Families: https://safe-families.org/

Small Groups

If you are interested in leading (either by yourself or with another person) or joining a small group, please contact our Small Group Coordinator at st.alsyamsmallgroup@gmail.com.