On Saturday, August 20, 2011, as two million young people gathered around the Holy Father at the Madrid World Youth Day Vigil, 1,200 teens and young adults of the Archdiocese of Chicago met for "WYD-Chicago Style" at Maryville, near Chicago.

St. Joseph's Parish Center, Appleton, Wisconsin welcomed the local Focolare community on Saturday, August 13 for a beautiful "Evening with the Focolare," a sharing of post-Mariapolis experiences.

Each day of Mariapolis 2011 led the 480 participants deeper and deeper into the experience of saying their "yes" to God—from Chiara Lubich’s first inspirations at the birth of the Focolare Movement almost seventy years ago, through the fifty years of life here in the United States, and culminating with the impact of that "yes" in the lives of children, young people, families, schools, faith communities, political life, and businesses.