The winning ticket of the Apple iPad was drawn on May 6, during the Chicago community meeting. We are pleased to announce the winner was: Don Murray from Michigan!!

Thanks to all the supporters and contributors of the iPad raffle sales and Sponsor-a-Gen pledging.

Your generosity has amounted to over $800.00 in raffle ticket sales that supports Genfest 2012 overhead expenses, as well as over $2,000.00 in Sponsor-a-Gen pledges that is helping to send many young Midwesteners to Budapest for the experience of a lifetime.

One of the Muslim youth from Columbus, Ohio was eager to contribute her experience to this global event but didn't have the financial ability, having just completed her undergraduate Accounting degree this past winter. Your support allows her to make a personal impact: she will share with the thousands of Genfest participants about the positive fruits borne from her own experiences and radical choice as a Muslim to build bridges of peace and forgiveness among her family and peers.

Focolare Song CD "One Voice" is our latest project!!  We could call it a miracle CD.  The fruit of collaboration between the Gen 1 and the Gen 2 who with great love and unity successfully recorded 6 songs in one day.  You can get yours hot off the press at the Mariapolis!