Provides funding for Catholic Relief Services’ food security projects which support agriculture, nutrition, education, and self-sufficiency in communities worldwide. 75% is remitted to CRS for overseas projects and 25% is retained in the diocese for local antipoverty programs. CRS Operation Rice Bowl has offered Catholics in the United States a way to connect with other people in need worldwide through the traditional Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. To learn more about Operation Rice Bowl visit: http://orb.crs.org/.
Please place your order for CRS Rice Bowl materials for the Lenten season. You may also place an order by calling 1-800-222-0025.Catholic Relief Services
Mr. Kenneth F. Hackett, President
228 West Lexington Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-3413
http://www.crsricebowl.org
Letter from Bishop James P. Powers - Rice Bowl Black and Indian
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