Young Adult and Campus Communities
There are various ways to communicate with your local peers and find out about news and upcoming activities. To get started, click one of the links below and it will take you either to an email address, website, or a Google, Yahoo or Facebook group. From there, we invite you to connect with the leadership so that they can tell you more about the group and plug you into any other resources you may be interested in.
PARISH & REGIONAL COMMUNITIES
ELKHART AREA CATHOLIC YOUNG ADULTS – Facebook
- Lux Mundi Young Adults (St. John the Evangelist, Goshen) – Facebook
- St. Thomas Young Adults (St. Thomas the Apostle, Elkhart) – Email Heather DeLucenay
FORT WAYNE AREA CATHOLIC YOUNG ADULTS- Facebook | Google Group
- Young Adult Council- Email
- Theology on Tap Planning Group- Google Group
- St. Vincent’s (Fort Wayne) – Yahoo Group
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Fort Wayne) – Email
- St. Paul of the Cross (Columbia City)- “LIGHT” (“Living in God’s Holy Truth)- Facebook
- Our Lady of Guadalupe (Warsaw)- Facebook | Email or call Leo Patiño at 574-549-7717
SOUTH BEND AREA CATHOLIC YOUNG ADULTS – Facebook
- St. Anthony Young Adults (St. Anthony de Padua, South Bend) – Facebook
- St. Joe Young Adults (St. Joseph, South Bend) – Email Megan Bazler
- St. Pius Young Adults (St. Pius X, Granger) – Website | Facebook
- ND Catholic Graduate Community* (Notre Dame) – Website | Facebook
- Notre Dame Young Alumni* (St. Joseph Valley) – Website | Facebook
- St. Mary’s College Alumnae Club* (South Bend) – Website | Facebook
- ACE Advocates* (South Bend) – Website
CAMPUS MINISTRY
- Catholics at Bethel College (Mishawaka) – Facebook
- IPFW Newman Catholic Fellowship (Fort Wayne) – Facebook | Website
- IUSB Newman Catholic Student Association (South Bend) – Facebook
- Manchester Newman Catholic Fellowship (North Manchester) – Facebook
- Trine Newman Catholic Fellowship (Angola) – Facebook | Email
CATHOLIC CAMPUSES
- Ancilla College Campus Ministry* (Donaldson) – Website
- Holy Cross College Campus Ministry* (South Bend) – Website
- St. Mary’s College Campus Ministry* (South Bend) – Website
- University of Notre Dame Campus Ministry* (South Bend) – Website
- University of St. Francis Campus Ministry* (Fort Wayne) – Website
CAMPUS GROUPS
PROGRAMS
- Theology on Tap (Fort Wayne) – Facebook | Website
- Theology for Generation X (Fort Wayne)- Facebook | Email
- Wine for Your Soul (Wine, Scripture & Community)- Call Jerid at 260-358-0411
- New Beginning: Young Adults Healing After the Death of a Loved One* (Fort Wayne)
- A group for 18-39 year olds meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 7-8:30pm at the Cancer Services’ Healing Arts Center, 6316 Mutual Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46825. Service is free and works in collaboration with Parkview Home and Hospice and Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home. Call Gail Hamm, ACSW, LCSW at 484-9560 or toll free 866-484-9560 for more information.
MORE COMMUNITIES
If you would like to help start a group in your parish or on your campus, or if you are in a group and would like it listed here, please contact one of the staff members.
OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
- Regularly review upcoming events listed in the calendar section of this site.
- Attend Mass and introduce yourself to the pastor and let him know about your interest in becoming more involved in Young Adult Ministry in your parish.
- Ask a minister how you can help out in your area.
- Remember this ministry in your prayers.
- Sign up for our email list to be updated on current news and activities by simply filling out this form.
“Somebody should tell us,
right at the start of our lives,
that we are dying.
Then we might live life to the limit,
every minute of every day.
Do it!… There are only so many tomorrows.”
– Pope Paul XVI
* These groups or programs operate within the diocese but are not sponsored by the diocese or a parish.
