Virtual Events

CRS Rice Bowl 2022 Virtual Events

This Lent, include Catholic Relief Services’ national virtual events in your CRS Rice Bowl experience. Learn more about the lifesaving work carried out around the world by CRS, our partners and the communities we serve—supported by the generosity of your Lenten offerings.

Stories of Hope: School Speaker Events

These events will feature speakers representing CRS’ work in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Rwanda. CRS’ speakers will dive deeper into the CRS Rice Bowl Stories of Hope, share their own stories and offer a peek into what it is like to live in the countries highlighted by CRS Rice Bowl. Students will have the chance to submit questions in advance of the event to be answered by the speaker.

March 17 at 2:00 p.m. EDT: Brenda Urizar—Guatemala
March 23 at 9:00 a.m. EDT: Kamal Mostafa—Bangladesh
March 30 at 12:00 p.m. EDT: Yvonne Umurungi—Rwanda

Registration coming soon.

Prayer Evenings

Connect with us via Zoom to pray as a community of faith for our global family.

April 6 at 7 p.m. EDT: Bilingual Prayer Event

Registration coming soon.

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.