CRS Rice Bowl Pick Up

CRS Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten faith-in-action program for parishes, schools and families. The program invites Catholics to live in solidarity with our poorest and most vulnerable brothers and sisters through the three Lenten pillars of praying, fasting and almsgiving. This year's countries are Kenya, Guatemala, the Philippines, Malawi and Haiti.

Participants journey throughout the 40 days of Lent with the daily reflections included in the Lenten Calendar, offering small, suggested sacrificial gifts to fill their Rice Bowls as they read and watch Stories of Hope, which we will post to our website, from individuals and communities whose lives have been changed by CRS Rice Bowl contributions.

Since 1975, Catholics have been using CRS Rice Bowl to meditate on the love Jesus Christ demonstrates in His Passion and Resurrection and to imitate Jesus’ love for the world through concrete, sacrificial giving to our brothers and sisters in need.

CRS Rice Bowl asks us to:

• Pray to deepen our relationship with God and reflect on what type of person He calls us to be.
• Fast to remove the things that get between us and God and to live in solidarity with those in need.
• Give alms to our brothers and sisters in need, honoring Jesus’ call to serve our neighbors.

Learn more about How to Practice Lent, and join CtR as we support CRS Rice Bowl.