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Parishes and Catholic Schools across the U.S. participate in the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowl Lenten program.  Through prayer, learning, fasting and giving, parishioners learn solidarity with families and individuals in other countries.  During Lent, Parishioners are asked to contribute to the CRS Rice Bowl collection.  These funds further the work of CRS internationally, and support of organizations locally for programs that compliment CRS objectives such as feeding the hungry.  The first 25% of the total collection is retained by the Diocese for use as grants to such local organizations.  The other 75% assists CRS to address causes of global poverty and hunger.

The Bishop appoint a Diocesan Board to allocate the  Rice Bowl funds retained for local use.  The Board is composed of clergy, religious, and laypeople from around the Diocese, and is chaired by the Diocesan Director for CRS, and is the same Board and Director for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).

2019 Rice Bowl Collection March 6

Please submit all CRS Rice Bowl funds to the finance office by  May 31.  In the memo line of your check please write CRS-Rice Bowl Collection Funds.  If you have any questions please contact Loxi Hopkins at 563-888-4212.

Please submit your Rice Bowl collections promptly to:
 
Diocese of Davenport
Attn: Finance Office
780 West Central Park Avenue
Davenport Iowa, 52804-1901 
 
Please write CRS Rice Bowl in the memo line.

Warm your heart this Lent

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

It has been a cold winter. Yes, the temperatures outside have been well below freezing, with wind chills in the negative double-digits. It has been a cold winter, and a cold year, in other ways as well. Pope Francis makes this point in his Lenten letter. He writes that, rather than being wreathed in flames, Satan — as pictured by Dante in The Inferno — is frozen in a throne of ice. Love is absent.

We have seen what coldness of heart can do. It treats persons who are not yet born, who are older or ill, or who have a disability as disposable. It treats the stranger — the migrant and the refugee — as a scapegoat. It treats persons of color as if they do not matter. It treats creation itself as simply material for our use, and as a receptacle for our refuse. Read more...

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Visit crsricebowl.org to find planning tools and faith formation resources for your community this Lent!

Links to other Resources:

• Lesson plans and activities for parish and Catholic school religious educators
• Activities and reflections for high schools and youth ministry
• A Simple Supper Guide for your parish or school’s meatless Friday meals
• Communications tools, such as a letter to families and bulletin announcements and inserts

If you have any questions about the collection please contact the office of Social Action at guerrero@davenportdiocese.org  

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