Check out our brief video recap and read on to see the Saint Mary’s College Chicago East Alumnae Club 2024 Year in Review.
On December 19th, the ND Club of Chicago and SMC Chicago East Club hosted an Ugly Sweater Party at She-nannigans.
On December 12th, the group hosted a Christmas lunch at the Kerryman and had great group of 22 Irish, Belles and all ages attend.
Our book club met on December 12th for the final meeting of 2024. This month’s book was "In a Holidaze" by Christina Lauren.
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A few of our SMC Chicago East Club board members had a board outing to the Lincoln Park Zoo Lights on December 2nd.
Our book club met on November 20th to discuss this month's book, The Rose Code by Kate Quinn and for a “booksgiving” potluck.
On November 7th, we hosted our annual holiday happy hour and final exam care package event with 14 Belles at Butch McGuire’s.
We had a great group of 30 Belles gather for Mass at St. Clement & brunch at Galway Arms to celebrate Founders’ Day.
The monthly Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Senior Alumni lunch was at The Banging Gavel in Tinley Park.
Our book club met on October 16th to discuss this month's book, How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin.
On October 17th, we welcomed President Katie Conboy for a Chicago Presidential Visit. It was wonderful to see so many Saint Mary’s alumnae!
In October, we partnered with the ND Club of Chicago to make dinner at Lincoln Park Community Services for 50 residents.
Our book club met on September 11th to discuss this month's book, The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
This summer, we had a virtual service project to “clear the list” for 12 Belles who are teachers in Chicago, South Bend and Michigan.
The Saint Mary’s Chicago East book club met on August 14th to discuss our “classic novel” pick, Persuasion by Jane Austen.
On August 8th, we hosted a first year send off and welcomed six Chicago-area Belles (class of 2028!) into the Saint Mary’s community.
The monthly Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Senior Alumni lunch was at The Kerryman Irish Bar in July.
On July 23rd, over 330 alumni, family, and friends attended a pregame at Moe’s Cantina and Notre Dame Night at the Cubs.
On July 19th, we had a great group of nine alumni attend an evening at Ravinia to listen to the CSO perform the music of Paul Simon.