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“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me.” —Matthew 25:35
CRS Rice Bowl is a Lenten tradition at CtR. Rice Bowls are distributed at Mass the weekend before Ash Wednesday (this year, it's Feb. 26-27, 2022), and families are encouraged to use it as a means of almsgiving, prayer, and reflection.
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About CRS Rice Bowl - Encounter LentCRS Rice Bowl is the Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services, the official relief and development agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Through CRS Rice Bowl, faith communities in every diocese throughout the United States put their faith into action through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Lenten alms donated through CRS Rice Bowl support the work of CRS in roughly 45 different countries each year. Twenty five percent of all donations to CRS Rice Bowl stay in the local diocese, supporting hunger and poverty alleviation efforts. Since its inception in 1975, CRS Rice Bowl has raised nearly $300 million.Through CRS Rice Bowl, we share the journey with members of our human family around the world, and commit our Lenten prayers, fasting and almsgiving to deepening our faith and serving those in need.While the temptations of the desert tell us to be afraid, to cling to what we have and lookout only for ourselves, the invitation of Lent beckons us forth to encounter the needs ofthe world through:
- A renewed life of PRAYER in God that unites our needs with the needs of the world, through the stories of members of our global human family.
- A commitment to FAST that reminds us that God is ever faithful and frees us from the fear of not having or being enough.
- A readiness to GIVE ALMS so as to share what we have with our brothers and sisters around the world.
For information about Rice Bowls at Christ the Redeemer, contact the Parish Office at 281-469-5533. We kindly request all Rice Bowls be returned following Easter Sunday to the Mass offertory or Parish Office. If you choose to donate online, please make your sacrificial gift by Easter Sunday.
Even the smallest gift can have a big impact. Please prayerfully considering making a sacrificial gift to CRS Rice Bowl this Lenten season.
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DIY Rice Bowl
If you don’t have a CRS Rice Bowl, you can make your own by printing the DIY label on the family page and adhering it to a plastic or cardboard container.
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