The producers of CTVN's Catholics On The Move have been recently involved with Barry on several projects, including uniting the children of St. Peter School and Parish in Warwick, Rhode Island with the children of St. Francis School in Yona, Guam through prayer and good will, informally tagged as the “Prayer Pal Project”.

They will be working on refining and implementing the next stages of this program during and after Barry's upcoming visit and concert tour to Guam.

The ultimate goal is to effect positive change through the power of prayer, while bringing children from opposite corners of the earth together in friendship and shared faith. Later stages of the program are to include social action components. Your prayers for the success of this undertaking are requested and greatly appreciated. To find out more information, email Barry at barry@barryrusso.com

Barry will be traveling to the Pacific island of Guam for a series of concerts and workshops November 3-13, 2008, as a guest of the producers of CTVN's Catholics On the Move, which has featured Barry's music and airs on television programming in the Diocese of Agana.

Barry will be making a number of appearances. During the main concert of the trip, he will be joined by Cherie Wegner, Shawn Wegner, and Cathy Castro of Trinity and the St. Francis Catholic School Honor Choir. Opening for Barry will be Closer To Heaven Band. Much more information to come!

Barry is proud to announce the official release of Where I Want To Be, an Extended Play CD containing three new songs, one of which is a version of "I Wanna Know," a 1997 song written by songwriter and recording artist Brian Cooney (www.briancooneyministries.com). In addition to these three, there is a remixed version of "Are You Listening," a track from the 2005 album These Are the Days. The EP also includes "Never Lose Faith," previously released in 2006. The songs can be heard by going to the Music page of this site and clicking on the song you'd like to listen to in the player at the top of the page. This new EP, along with Barry's previous release, These Are the Days, is available for secure purchase through Paypal by clicking on the Store link at the left.

'Are You Listening,' penned by Barry, Jacob Wiley, and Shay Watson, is featured on the new release by Radio Disney Incubator Artist Cali. Her CD, which contains the song, will be available at Wal-Mart beginning in May. For more information check out the following links:

Cali's Website

Cali at MySpace

Radio Disney

Cali CD at Wal-Mart Online

Barry had the opportunity to meet former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev as he arrived in Rhode Island to participate in a leadership conference at Carnegie Abbey in Portsmouth. Barry presented President Gorbachev with a copy of "These Are the Days." However, rumors that the former Soviet leader was later heard humming "Child of the 80s" could not be confirmed or denied.