Help Catholic Relief Services during Lent!

Hope travels farther with you.
 

This Lent, our parish will be participating in the Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) Rice Bowl, an important way in which we partner with CRS. The money we raise goes to impoverished people both in our area and over-seas.  Programs for the poor are being cut here in the USA, and the federal government has withdrawn much of the funding that CRS has traditionally relied on to help those most in need around the world.

Lent begins on February 18. Your participation in Rice Bowl at any level is more critical than ever. A single gift to CRS can provide food, clean water, education, and emergency aid where it is needed most. Learn more here.

“It is my hope therefore that the [CRS] Rice Bowl program and other initiatives offered by Catholic Relief Services will continue to serve as examples of how to fulfill the Gospel’s command to love and serve our neighbor in a communal way.”

—Pope Francis, Letter to CRS, 2025

 

 

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas.