Photo by Benny Manser/CRS
Grades 9-12
CRS Rice Bowl helps high school students deepen their faith through prayer, fasting and almsgiving while learning about global issues, Catholic social teaching and our shared human family.
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5 Steps to Get Started
- Place your order for free CRS Rice Bowl materials at least three weeks before Lent.
- Promote CRS Rice Bowl in your school.
- Distribute Rice Bowls to every student by Ash Wednesday.
- Use CRS Rice Bowl resources throughout Lent.
- Collect alms through online or in-person giving.
Online Community Giving
Create a personalized online giving page for your school community and make it easy for families to participate in CRS Rice Bowl.
Communications Tools
Help students, families and your school community learn about CRS Rice Bowl and participate throughout Lent.
Letter to Families
Invite families to participate in CRS Rice Bowl using this letter template.
Newsletter Announcements
Include a short message in your school’s newsletter, bulletin board, website or social media, featuring information about CRS Rice Bowl and the impact of your community’s almsgiving.
End-of-Lent Letter
Share your school’s CRS Rice Bowl collection information with families with this editable letter.
Learning & Reflection Resources
Use these resources to help your students draw closer to God this Lent.
Food Security and Catholic Social Teaching Activity
Reflect with your students on food security and its connection to the seven principles of Catholic social teaching.
Prayer Service to Begin and End Lent
Begin and end your CRS Rice Bowl journey with the prayer services designed for use during Mass or in another prayerful setting.
Weekly Prayers of the Faithful
Incorporate global solidarity into school Masses, classroom prayer and parish gatherings.
Stations of the Cross
Reflect on Christ's journey while remembering communities around the world facing challenges and hardship.
Eucharistic Adoration
Plan a Holy Hour of Adoration for your community with prayers and readings from Scripture.
Stories of Hope
See The World with New Eyes
Begin your Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl and discover how prayer, fasting and almsgiving help us see Christ in our global family.
A Story of Hope from Ethiopia
Clean water close to home is helping Fatuma’s family in Ethiopia grow food and dream of a brighter future.
A Story of Hope from Honduras
In Honduras, a mother and father are turning hard work, new skills—and strawberry farming—into a brighter future their daughter.
A Story of Hope from Lebanon
Through faith, family and the olive harvest, Zeina’s story shows how one community in Lebanon is holding on to hope amid hardship.
The Journey of a Rice Bowl Gift
Even the smallest Rice Bowl gift can become a powerful sign of God’s love, helping families around the world build brighter futures.
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Give Your Lenten Alms
When you give to CRS Rice Bowl, you help families around the world overcome hunger and poverty. Thank you for spreading hope and changing lives this Lent.