CRS has mailed the ordering information for the 2018 CRS Rice Bowl Lent Materials. It is not in an envelope, but it is a self-mailer and could be mistaken as advertising. Please Review and update your order quantities as needed otherwise you will be sent the same quantity of materials you received in 2017.  Even if you don’t have any changes you still need to mail the postcard back to CRS.  Please click here to see a  snapshot of the order card. 

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).

Please place your order your FREE parish materials.  Your order will be shipped early January.

You may place your order by:

• Calling 1800-222-0025. 
• Update and Mail back the CRS-Rice Bowl postcard that was mail to your parish early May.
• Order online

If you have any questions please contact the office of Social Action.

Click here for Featured 2017 Recipes

Thank you for using CRS Rice Bowl in your parish this Lent!. The prayers and devotions that your community has offered through this program are bringing new life to our poorest and most vulnerable brothers and sisters in our own communities and around the world. 
 
Please submit your Rice Bowl collections promptly to:

Diocese of Davenport
Attn: Finance Office
780 West Central Park Avenue
Davenport Iowa, 52804-1901
 

On the memo line please mark: Rice Bowl Contributions.  

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

The Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are not to be taken lightly. By these disciplines, and other works of penance, we accompany and support the catechumens on their way to the Easter sacraments and we cooperate in our own conversion of heart as we prepare to renew our baptismal promises.  Click here for full Bishop's Letter

Catholic Relief Services- Rice Bowl Collection  
CRS Rice Bowl Recipe