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John Cusick with Socorro Perez

Pictured above is Fr. John Cusick, Director, with Mrs. Socorro Perez, Administrative Assistant.


Below is Dr. Kate DeVries, Associate Director, with Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago and Fr. John Cusick.

John Cusick with Kate DeVries

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Who We Are

Young Adult Ministry is the outreach service of the Catholic Community in the Archdiocese of Chicago to women and men in their twenties and thirties, married and single.

Young Adult Ministry has a very simple purpose - to put adults in contact with each other and to offer some alternatives to what is experienced in our culture.

We try to respond to questions like these:

  • Are there people around who share my values?
  • The bars are good, but is there anything else?
  • How do you meet good people once you've moved here?
  • What does it mean to be a person of faith today?
  • Is there any decent worship around?
  • Where can I give some of my time or talent?

There are young adults coming together to have a good time and just be social. There are people coming together to celebrate life or to talk with one another and reflect on what really counts. There are young adults involved in programs of service to the more needy in our society.

Young Adult Ministry is our job and our joy. What can we do for you?

Fr. John Cusick...

Fr. Cusick, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, was ordained in 1970. He has been an associate pastor, college seminary faculty member, Coordinator and (since 1985) Director of Young Adult Ministry, the outreach to women and men, married and single, in their 20s & 30s. He resides at Old St. Patrick’s Church in downtown Chicago. He has authored First Steps – a Guide to Encourage Young Men to Consider the Catholic Priesthood. He co-authored (along with his colleague, Kate DeVries) The Basic Guide to Young Adult Ministry (Orbis Books).

Dr. Katherine DeVries...

Dr. Kate DeVries has been the Associate Director of the Young Adult Ministry Office for the Archdiocese of Chicago since Aug. 1, 1988. Prior to her work in Young Adult Ministry, she was a special education teacher of high school and junior high students with behavior disorders and learning disabilities. Kate holds a Doctorate in Ministry and a Masters Degree in Divinity from Catholic Theological Union (with a concentration in Word and Worship); a Masters in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University, Chicago; and a Masters in Special Education from Northern Illinois University.

Mrs. Socorro Perez...

Mrs. Socorro Perez began her work as Administrative Assistant in the Young Adult Ministry Office on March 31, 2003. Previously, she was the secretary for the Chief Division of the Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University Medical School for thirteen years. Her past experience also includes many years of dedicated service to the Catholic Church as Assistant to the CCD Director at St. Agnes of Bohemia Church in Little Village.