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.

The Chicago leg of Maria Voce’s US tour, April 9: A visit to Mariapolis Centre in the Hyde Park neighborhood and a meeting with about 300 young people. The youth who organised the event dedicated it to sainthood: a possible goal even in today’s society.

When you arrive in Chicago from the East Coast you immediately realise that you’re in another world.

The city runs along Lake Michigan for 50 km. Despite our night-time arrival at Midway Airport, the urban skyline of modern, lit-up skyscrapers was truly striking.