Focolare in the US and Canada

Six months after Hurricane Maria, two young adults of the Focolare went to Puerto Rico to learn more about the experiences of resilience of its people after such a devastating event. Even though many families still lacked power and running water, a group of youths from Patilla had a positive impact in their town because of their courage, selfless love, and care for each other. They are now helping with the reconstruction process.

Can a Muslim and a Christian be truly friends? For more than 20 years a group of Christians and Muslims has been meeting every week in a Jewish deli in Indianapolis. Theology professor David Carlson and Imam Michael Saahir share their story in this episode of the podcast “Paths to Unity.”

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Our youths from Southern California and Northern Mexico visited immigrants at the border between these two countries and made this video to share their thoughts on what they lived during those days.

Suppose that just for once the media stopped being part of the problem and became part of the solution. This is a story by Austin Kellerman, news director at the local NBC TV station in Little Rock, Arkansas, and his team. They worked to decrease violence in their city.

Now more than ever, politics has become a hot button issue, even among family and friends. Focolare communities in the USA grapple with this difficulty and set out to discover if dialogue is really possible.