URI Stories of Impact

Interview with Father Stephen Adrian Villaester, Anglican priest, community advocate, musician and Communications Director with Pakigdait, Inc. Cooperation Circle (a URI member group in Illigan City, Mindanao, Philippines), and Sally Mahé, Senior Consultant URI.

Pakigdait Inc. (a URI member group) distributed vital items in the Philippines, encouraging former fighters to peacefully rejoin society.

"To find the best lighting, angle and focus of a flower, to take its picture, is to co-create with God at that moment. It is an art-form full of spirituality for me."

May you have the grace and wisdom to act kindly, learning to distinguish between what is personal and what is not.

The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, President and Founding Trustee of URI, shares his story about why he chose to get vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus on Ash Wednesday, 2021.

Last Wednesday, March 17, 2021, María Eva Cayú, member of the CC AFLAIAI of Chile shared the great news about the approval of the Declaration of social, cultural and community interest of the "Mapuche Cuisine, Southern Flavor".

To commemorate the importance of International Women's Day, Dora Pereira, member of the CC COEMATI, organized a talk for her group of students.

This year on Ash Wednesday, my wife, Mary, and I not only had ashes, from church, placed on our foreheads; we also went to a medical clinic and had the second doses of Moderna Covid vaccine injected in our arms.

The United Religions Initiative of North America condemns the heinous acts that took place on March 16th, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia that killed 8 people and injured others.

Read news from the past year of peacebuilding actvities at Karickam International Public School.