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Students share Rice Bowl’s impact Children in Laos receive nutritional meals at schools through a partnership with the local government and Catholic Relief Services, the international aid organization of the U.S. bishops. The meal program, and other initiatives aimed to reduce hunger and poverty, are made possible in part thanks to CRS’ Rice Bowl Lenten fundraiser. Parishes and schools will soon distribute resources and information about the local Rice Bowl effort. (Photo Special to The Record) Students at Mercy Academy spent several weeks learning about the global impact of Catholic Relief Services and its Lenten fundraiser program Rice Bowl. ....
Lent a ‘beautiful time’ of ‘grace and blessing,’ says archbishop Faithful pray during a Feb. 17 Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. Principal celebrant and homilist Archbishop Nelson Pérez described Lent as a beautiful time in the church. (Sarah Webb) By Gina Christian • Posted February 17, 2021 Lent is “a moment of grace and blessing” as well as “a time of conversion and change,” said Archbishop Nelson Pérez in his homily for Ash Wednesday. The archbishop was the principal celebrant and homilist at the Feb. 17 liturgy, which took place at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. ....
Rice Bowl makes family table an ‘altar’ of service, says founder In this undated photo, Msgr. Robert Coll, creator of the Rice Bowl Lenten initiative, speaks with youth during a Catholic Relief Services mission to African nations. Msgr. Coll started Rice Bowl in 1975 as a means of countering hunger while deepening campaign participants’ faith. (Photo courtesy of Al and Camille St. Pierre) By Gina Christian • Posted February 16, 2021 A nationwide Lenten tradition traces its roots to the Philadelphia area – and to a priest who wanted to make the family dining room table an “altar” of sacrifice and service. Now in its 46th year, Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) Rice Bowl initiative combines prayer, fasting and almsgiving to help those in need both in the U.S. and abroad. During Lent participants donate to the campaign by contributing money they save through fasting or preparing meatless meals like those eaten in impoverished nations. ....
CRS’ Rice Bowl program benefits those overseas, at home suffering from hunger, poverty BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, Feb. 17, 2021 – As the world continues to grapple with the effects of COVID-19, including an increased number of those going hungry, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is asking Catholics to remember Matthew 25:40 as CRS Rice Bowl begins. As the gospel tells us, “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” This verse calls on Catholics to reach out and help those most in need. “During the Lenten season so many Catholics around the world choose to make a sacrifice,” said Beth Martin, CRS’ director of campaign action and content. “Using CRS’ Rice Bowl materials, Catholics here in the United States have the ability to turn that sacrifice into a gift. By giving something up, like that daily cup of coffee, and putting that money into the Rice Bowl donation box, Catholics can go a step above and beyond and loo ....
The Tablet February 17, 2021 Valerie Aimee Raharisoa, 32, works at her family’s vegetable garden on Madagascar’s island nation. Catholic Relief Services’ annual Rice Bowl program helped pay for programs that taught this mother how to increase her harvests with sustainable gardening techniques. (Photo: Courtesy of Catholic Relief Services) CRS’s Rice Bowl Helps Feed 159 Million in 100 Countries WINDSOR TERRACE Madagascar is an island nation off the African continent’s east coast. But even though water surrounds it, this country is not immune from drought. Families rely on small farms and gardens to grow their food, but harvests shrink in the dry years. Consequently, one in two children on the island is undernourished, according to Catholic Relief Services, which aims to change that. ....