CRS RICE BOWL 2025
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We will be offering the Rice Bowls this weekend. The collection box will be in the North Room of the Community Center through Palm Sunday.
Fifty years ago, Catholics in Allentown, Pennsylvania, organized to help families facing famine in Africa. That help came in the form of a small cardboard box, marking the beginning of “Operation Rice Bowl.” Today, as we celebrate CRS Rice Bowl’s 50th anniversary, the program is a tradition for millions of Catholics in the United States who continue to answer the Gospel call, supporting families experiencing hunger around the world. CRS Rice Bowl is the Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services, the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Through CRS Rice Bowl, faith communities in every diocese throughout the United States put their faith into action through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. For more information, please visit: www.crsricebowl.org“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me.” —Matthew 25:35
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About CRS Rice Bowl - Encounter Lent
CRS Rice Bowl is the Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services, the official relief and development agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Through CRS Rice Bowl, faith communities in every diocese throughout the United States put their faith into action through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Lenten alms donated through CRS Rice Bowl support the work of CRS in roughly 45 different countries each year. Twenty-five percent of all donations to CRS Rice Bowl stay in the local diocese, supporting hunger and poverty alleviation efforts. Since its inception in 1975, CRS Rice Bowl has raised nearly $300 million.
Through CRS Rice Bowl, we share the journey with members of our human family around the world, and commit our Lenten prayers, fasting and almsgiving to deepening our faith and serving those in need.
While the temptations of the desert tell us to be afraid, to cling to what we have and look
out only for ourselves, the invitation of Lent beckons us forth to encounter the needs of
the world through:
- A renewed life of PRAYER in God that unites our needs with the needs of the world, through the stories of members of our global human family.
- A commitment to FAST that reminds us that God is ever faithful and frees us from the fear of not having or being enough.
- A readiness to GIVE ALMS so as to share what we have with our brothers and sisters around the world.
For information about Rice Bowls at St. Cecilia, contact the Pastoral Care at 713-465-3414.
Even the smallest gift can have a big impact. Please prayerfully consider making a sacrificial gift to CRS Rice Bowl this Lenten season
