Please consider participating in the annual Rice Bowl project during Lent this year. This is a great family activity! The rice bowl can be used as a focal point of prayer in your home, a means of practicing the Lenten discipline of almsgiving, and a way of entering into solidarity with the poor and the hungry in our world. There are lots of resources and activities for use with your rice bowl at
crsricebowl.org. Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic community. Rice bowls are available in the narthex after Mass.