Join the Saint Mary’s Chicago East book club and read along with us during 2025! Check out the monthly book picks and attend a meeting.

We had a fantastic group of 24 Belles gather for a Founders’ Day brunch at an alumna’s home in Hyde Park.

Our book club met to discuss our October pick, a mystery book, so we read The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.

Our book club met to discuss our September pick, a banned book, so we read Are You There God, Its Me Margaret by Judy Blume.

Our book club met on August 13th to discuss our August pick, a “Chicago” book, so we read When Franny Stands Up by Eden Robins.

On July 23rd, we hosted a first year send off and welcomed our Chicago-area Belles (class of 2029!) into the Saint Mary’s community.

On July 22nd, the ND Club of Chicago and SMC Chicago East Club hosted ND Night at the Cubs with over 300 attendees!

Our book club met on July 16th to discuss this month’s book - a “summer book,” One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle.

Our book club met on June 24th to discuss this month’s book - a wild card genre, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.

Our book club met on May 21st to discuss this month’s book - a classic, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

We had a fantastic group of 39 Belles from all different class years gather to raise money for the Chicago scholarship at Spring Spirits.

In April, we partnered with the ND Club of Chicago to make dinner at Lincoln Park Community Services for 50 residents.

Our book club met on April 10th to discuss this month’s book - a mystery/thriller, Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney.

We had a great group of Belles attend our annual Blackhawks game. It was a fun Sunday afternoon that featured some delicious food!

For our March Dinner Belles outing, we met up at Trivoli Tavern in West Loop for a great dinner with six Belles.

Our book club met on March 13th to discuss this month’s book - a NYT Bestseller, The Glass Girl by Kathleen Glasgow.

On March 4th, we hosted an early St. Patrick’s Day happy hour at Fado Irish Pub with a great group of 10 Belles.

We had a great group of 50 Irish and Belles attend for a fun evening of speed dates, drinks and appetizers at Barcocina.

The monthly Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Senior Alumni lunch was at Emerald Loop Bar & Grill in February.

For our February Dinner Belles outing, we met up at Basil Leaf Cafe in Lincoln Park for some delicious Italian food.

Our book club met on February 5th for a Galentine’s celebration. This month’s book was "Lovely One” by Ketanji Brown Jackson.

We kicked off our 2025 monthly dinner club with dinner at Butcher and the Bear during Chicago Restaurant Week.

In January, we partnered with the ND Club of Chicago to make dinner at Lincoln Park Community Services for 50 residents.

Our book club met on January 9th for the first meeting of 2025. This month’s book was "Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate.

We had a fantastic group of 42 Belles gather at Chief O’Neill’s and raised over $3,400 for the SMC Chicago East Endowed Scholarship!

The Notre Dame Club of Chicago and Saint Mary’s Chicago East Alumnae Club hosted a joint happy hour at Declan’s Irish Pub.

The book club met on April 24th to discuss the book The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea by Hyeonseo Lee.

We had a great happy hour sharing apps and pizza at Parlor Pizza Bar to celebrate Donor Challenge. Thank you to everyone who donated!

The Belles met up at United Center to cheer on the Blackhawks! We had 15 Belles attend and the Blackhawks pulled off a win.

This month we partnered with the ND Club of Chicago to make dinner at Lincoln Park Community Services for 40 residents.

The book club met on March 20th to discuss the book The Arrangement by Robyn Harding at the Time Out Market in West Loop.

The monthly Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Senior Alumni lunch was at The Kerryman Irish Bar in River North.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we hosted a supply drive and put together 50 period kits for The Period Collective.

The book club met on February 22nd to discuss the book Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. We even tried some traditional black cake!

We had 14 Belles attend our Galentine’s Day celebration at City Winery for a fun evening of wine, appetizers and conversation.

The monthly Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Senior Alumni lunch was at Emerald Loop for their first gathering of 2024.

We are so excited to start a new monthly dinner club - “Dinner Belles.” Our first gathering was at Alpana for Chicago Restaurant Week.

For our first service event of 2024, we helped sort donations and set up the new El Àrbol Free Store in Logan Square.

The Saint Mary’s Chicago East book club met on January 17th to discuss our first book of the year, The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict.

Join the Saint Mary’s Chicago East book club and read along with us during 2024! Check out the monthly book picks and attend a meeting.