Grades 1-8

Communication Tools

Use the resources below to communicate with your students’ families about CRS Rice Bowl.

Introduction Letter to Families

Newsletter Announcements

End-of-Lent Letter to Families

NEW: Steps to launch your CRS Rice Bowl Community Giving page

Lesson Plans and Activities

Download the full Educator’s Guide, or select the lesson plans and activities you need below.

Prayer Resources

Use the resources below to help your students deepen their prayer life this Lent.

Prayer to Begin Lent

Prayer Service to End Lent

Come Together to Give

Create an online community giving page in fewer than 10 minutes to make collecting your community’s Rice Bowl donations a breeze!

Get Started

MEDIA KIT

Your neighbors live across the street and the country, across oceans and hemispheres. As millions of God’s children flee war, persecution and poverty, Pope Francis, Caritas Internationalis, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities USA, and Catholic Relief Services invite you to share their journey by walking with them in prayer and support.

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

Story	1st – 3rd	4th – 6th	7th – 8th	Video
Lenten Stories of Hope	Lesson Plan & Activities	Lesson Plan & Activities	Lesson Plan & Activities	Watch Now
A Story of Hope from Madagascar	Lesson Plan & Activities	Lesson Plan & Activities	Lesson Plan & Activities	Watch Now
A Story of Hope from El Salvador	Lesson Plan & Activities	Lesson Plan & Activities	Lesson Plan & Activities	Watch Now
A Story of Hope from Timor-Leste	Lesson Plan & Activities	Lesson Plan & Activities	Lesson Plan & Activities	Watch Now
The Fruit of Our Lenten Sacrifice	Lesson Plan & Activities	Lesson Plan & Activities	Lesson Plan & Activities