Universities
Bring CRS Rice Bowl to your campus this Lent through prayer, learning and giving. Use these resources to help students encounter our sisters and brothers around the world, reflect on the root causes of hunger and poverty, and take meaningful action as a campus community.
5 Steps to Get Started
Bring CRS Rice Bowl to life on your campus by following these steps before and during Lent.
- Place your order for free CRS Rice Bowl materials at least three weeks before Lent at crsricebowl.org/order.
- Hang this year’s CRS Rice Bowl poster in prominent places around campus and include our ready-made announcements in your communication to students.
- Create an online giving page and share the link to allow students, campus ministers and community members to give, and track your campus goal throughout Lent.
- Distribute CRS Rice Bowls on Ash Wednesday during a prayer service or at Mass. Make sure each student has one, and consider including the Prayer to Begin the Lenten Season as part of your CRS Rice Bowl kickoff.
- Use CRS Rice Bowl resources throughout Lent to deepen your community’s experience. Materials can be used at student gatherings, campus ministry events, Lenten prayer services and other campus activities.
Online Community Giving
Launch a CRS Rice Bowl online giving page for your campus in less than 10 minutes. Share your link with students, faculty, staff, alumni and campus ministry groups so your whole community can give together and track your Lenten impact.
Pray, Reflect, Act
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 family is turning hard work, new skills and strawberries into a brighter future for 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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Prayer Service to Begin and End Lent
Begin and end your CRS Rice Bowl journey with prayer services designed for use during Mass or in another prayerful setting.
Simple Supper for Global Hunger
Use the Simple Supper for Global Hunger to reflect on the injustice of global hunger and advocate for our sisters and brothers in need.
Cook With Your Community
Experience new cultures while practicing abstinence and fasting during Lent with a variety of meatless recipes from this year’s featured countries.
Turning in Rice Bowls
Choose how your campus community will turn in Lenten alms: Give online—the quickest and easiest option—or collect Rice Bowls in person and submit the funds to Catholic Relief Services.
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.
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.