CRS Rice Bowl | A Catholic Program for Lent

Get a Jump Start on Lent 2025!

Lenten Alms Change Lives

Each Lent, Catholic families across the country unite to put their faith into action through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Through CRS Rice Bowl, families learn about how our sisters and brothers across the globe overcome hardships like hunger and climate change, and how through Lenten alms, we have the power to make the world a better place for all.

Your lenten alms change lives globally and in your own community. Your donations help provide lifesaving support to more than 250 million people in more than 120 countries.

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Journey With Us

CRS Rice Bowl shares stories of hope from CRS’ work around the world. These stories are examples of how your Lenten alms are helping communities find solutions to problems like hunger and climate change. Take a virtual journey with us to Uganda, El Salvador and Indonesia! Don’t forget to try the meatless recipes each Friday during Lent.

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Catholic Relief Services is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; Donations to CRS are tax-deductible to the full extent allowable under the law.

Catholic Relief Services eases suffering and provides assistance to people in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality.

We are the official overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and a member of Caritas Internationalis.