CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten program that began in 1975 in the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania as an ecumenical response to the drought in the African Sahel. For more than 35 years, CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl has offered Catholics in the United States a way to connect with our brothers and sisters in need around the world through the traditional Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Nearly 13,000 faith communities across the United States participate in the program each Lent to demonstrate solidarity with the poor around the world.
Seventy-five percent of CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl donations come to Catholic Relief Services to help fund development programs designed to increase food security around the world. These projects focus on initiatives that bring clean water, small enterprise development, agricultural expertise, educational opportunities, and HIV/AIDS and mother/child health programs to the poor in more than 40 countries. Twenty-five percent of CRS’ Operation Rice Bowl donations support hunger and poverty alleviation efforts in dioceses within the United States.
By praying with our families and faith communities; fasting in solidarity with those who hunger; learning more about the challenges of poverty overseas; and giving sacrificial contributions to support those in need, we can make a difference in our world.
For more information go to the Catholic Relief Services website at Operation Rice Bowl.
@ Saint Pius X, the Faith Formation and CGS Atrium children are asked to return their Rice Bowls on Wednesday, March 28 or bring them to the Rice Bowl drop boxes in the Gathering Space during Holy Week. If you have questions, call Mary or Sherri at 278-5684, ext. 130 or 152.
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