Universities

• Order CRS Rice Bowl materials: Please place your order for free CRS Rice Bowl materials at least three weeks prior to Ash Wednesday to ensure your campus community has its CRS Rice Bowls for Lent.
• Plan a meaningful Lent for your community: Use these five easy steps to get your university chapter started with CRS Rice Bowl.

Pray, Reflect and Learn

• Read the Stories of Hope: Learn how communities in Honduras, the Philippines and Kenya are overcoming hunger and malnutrition.
• Pray with your community: Begin and end Lent with an in-person or virtual prayer gathering.

Act

• Host a prayer and action vigil: Use the Simple Supper for Global Hunger resource to reflect on the injustice of global hunger and advocate in support of our sisters and brothers around the world.
• Cook with your community: Try recipes from this year’s featured countries. Consider having an in-person or virtual potluck with your campus community as you explore Honduras, the Philippines and Kenya’s cultures.
• Turn in your CRS Rice Bowls: Easily give your Lenten alms online, by phone or by mail.
• Give as a community: Download this how-to resource to start your online CRS Rice Bowl Community Giving page to collect Lenten alms and see your community’s collective impact.