How to use your Operation Rice Bowl Materials
- Assemble the symbolic rice bowl you received at the church and place it on your dinner table or some other significant place in your home.
- Pray the prayer on the Operation Rice Bowl home calendar (which can be opened as a rather large pdf file). During Lent, set aside time to pray, as individuals, as a family and as a parish. Come to the parish's Friday evening prayer services during Lent.
- Fast from food (you can try some of the recipes provided for each country) or refrain from some activities during Lent and instead place the money from your sacrifices into the rice bowl. Come to our Lenten Soup Supper.
- Learn about people throughout the world by reading the daily reminders and weekly stories on the calendar (which can be opened as a rather large pdf file), by utilizing some of the links provided on this page, and in other additional ways.
- Give by converting all your donations into one check at the end of Lent, placing it in the envelope provided and returning it to the church.
As we journey through Lent this year, may our prayers and sacrifice help us to grow in solidarity with people throughout the world.
For more in-depth information about the work of CRS in the featured countries, click on the links below:
Watch for Virtual Tours of these countries during Lent.
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