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Ugly Sweater Christmas Party

Saturday, Dec. 10 | 7-10pm

Join us on Saturday December 10th from 7pm-10pm at the Athenaeum Center For Thought & Culture’s Paradiso Event Space for an elf-tastic night of food, drink, games and fun. Beer, wine, and alcohol will be available for purchase at the bar at the event space but we will provide food.

Fab-Yule-ous ugly sweaters and Christmas spirits are encouraged! Because we'll really be sleighin' it in our snowtorious Christmas sweaters this wintery night. We will have a Best Ugly Sweater Contest along with Christmas music and fun Christmas games.

Hope to see you all on December 10! Merry Christmas from St Alphonsus YAM! And remember "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is for singing loud for all to hear" - and Fleece Navidad!!!

Ugly Sweater Christmas Party

Saturday, Dec. 10 | 7-10pm

Come join St. Al’s YAM on Tuesday, December 20th as we explore the Christkindlmarket at Gallagher Way by Wrigley Field. This is an elftastic chance to buy any last minute Christmas gifts for your family and friends while taking in a great market. There is also ice skating on Wrigley Field, which is $5 per person.

https://www.gallagherway.com/.../winterland-at.../2022-11-18

https://www.christkindlmarket.com/wrigleyville-vendors/

Tickets are required- ONLY FOR ICE SKATING

$5 for admission

Spiritual

Praise & Adoration

Friday, Dec. 9 | 7:30pm

On Friday, December 9th, spend time with our Lord in praise and adoration in the church. We'll spend the first 15 minutes in silent adoration, and then our musicians will lead worship in song. Confession will also be available! The hour will conclude with benediction, and fellowship at Lincoln Tap after!

*Want to sing/play an instrument with us? Contact Patrick Doherty on Facebook.*

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

Blessing Bags for Catholic Charities

Wednesday, Dec. 14 | 7pm

Come join us on Wednesday, December 14th at 7pm after mass and some adoration help put together blessing bags for Catholic Charities. These are little care packages that will be distributed to the homeless.

If you would like to donate some items as well, an update will be provided on the Facebook event to note what kind of items Catholic Charities may be looking for.

St. Mary's Home Bingo

Sunday, Dec. 18 | 1-3pm

Come play bingo with the residents of St. Mary’s Home (a nursing home run by Little Sisters of the Poor) on December 18th, 1-3PM!

We will help with set up, bring the residents to the auditorium, and assist them with the game. Volunteers will need to wear masks in the facility - they will be provided on site. Additionally, volunteers are required to show proof of Covid vaccination.

The address is 2325 N Lakewood Ave.

Please complete this sign up form if you plan to volunteer:

https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdFZ.../viewform

Note: We need 8 volunteers (max) - I will close registration when we hit 8 signups. There are currently 6 spots taken already. If you sign up but cannot attend, please let me know ASAP (stalsyamservice@gmail.com) so I can find another volunteer if needed. Thanks!

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.

General

Mental Health Retreat

Saturday, Jan. 21 | 8:30am

The St. Alphonsus YAM will be hosting Julia Hogan for our January day retreat. Julia a licensed therapist, author, and speaker (www.juliamariehogan.com). She will be discussing mental health, our faith lives, and living a healthy and balanced life.

Julia has spoken at the SEEK retreat, Notre Dame, Deloitte, and many other places and we are excited to have her!

The day will be filled with talks, small group discussions, adoration, music, and more!

A Give Central link will be posted to our social media accounts shortly and you must sign up there to register for the retreat.

The earlybird price will be $50 until Jan 4th and $60 after. Walk ins are welcome!