Graduate Students & Young Adults (GYA)
Welcome
GYA (Graduate students and Young Adults) is a group created for graduate students, postdocs, and young adults in the surrounding Evanston community who are in their 20s and 30s. GYA gathers regularly for a variety of events built around social, spiritual, educational, and service initiatives to help you stay connected.
Get Connected
We welcome you to sign up with Sheil via the button below to receive the weekly e-newsletter and other announcements about the community. Then, join GYA during the academic year on most Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. at Sheil Catholic Center, Evanston. Please see the list of our meetings and events below. We invite all graduate students and young adults to join us and newcomers are always welcome! Questions about GYA? Contact Tim Higgins, Campus Minister, here or call 847.328.4648.
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Spring Small Group
Small groups are a place where our larger campus Catholic community gets small. This is a space to help you find genuine community and grow your faith in Jesus. This spring quarter, a graduate and young adult small group will form and meet for 4 weeks starting on April 8th. The group will meet for 90 minutes every other Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the lower level of Sheil to share faith and dive deeper into a particular topic. If you are a graduate student, postdoc, or young adult and are new to small groups, we encourage you to join the experience, because life is better connected.
Schedule of Events
Monday, March 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m. - Cooking for Residents of Margarita Inn Shelter
Tuesday, April 1, 4:30-7:30 p.m. - Serving Dinner at Margarita Inn Shelter
Tuesday, April 8, 6:00 p.m. - Small Group Series
Tuesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m. - Spirituality Event, Outing to Religious Movie for Holy Week
Tuesday, April 22, 6:00 p.m. - Social Event to the Botanic Gardens in honor of Earth Day
Tuesday, April 29, 6:00 p.m. - Small Group Series
Tuesday, May 6, 6:00 p.m. - Small Group Series
Tuesday, May 13, 6:00 p.m. - Spirituality Event, TBD
Tuesday, May 20, 6:00 p.m. - Small Group Series
Tuesday, May 27, 6:00 p.m. - Ice Cream Social (possibly outdoors, if weather permits)
All events take place at Sheil Catholic Center in the Lower Level, unless noted. To see a full list of upcoming events with the Sheil Catholic community at Northwestern, click here
Leadership Team
The GYA leadership team includes (pictured from left to right) Ethan Garvey (co-chair of small group study), Dany Atallah (co-chair of small group study), Drew Meinecke (service chair), Maddie Joseph (co-chair of social life), Michael Clark (co-chair of spiritual life), Rose Haselhorst (co-chair of spiritual life), and Marisa McGettigan (communications chair and co-chair of social life).