CRS Rice Bowl

CRS Rice Bowl is a Lenten program of prayer, fasting, learning, and giving. The educational materials assist ongoing parish and school efforts in developing a spirituality of justice and solidarity with those most in need. Donations help fund CRS development projects in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America to produce more food, increase income and address poverty. 25% of contributions remain in this archdiocese for grants to parishes and organizations that help the poor in Western Washington.

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Rice Bowl Webinar on Tuesday, February 12th View this recorded 1-hour Rice Bowl training webinar as an opportunity for you to learn more about the 2019 resources available and to share (and pick up!) best practices.	View
CRS Rice Bowl Website	crsricebowl.org
2019 Resources for PARISHES	View
2019 Resources for SCHOOLS	View
2019 Resources in SPANISH	View
2019 Rice Bowl Calendar - English	View
2019 Rice Bowl Calendar - Spanish	View
Stories of Hope VIDEOS Watch these short videos and learn more about the featured countries.	Watch
Photo Gallery	View
Social Media Kit	View
Download the CRS Rice Bowl mobile app Put Lent at your fingertips with new daily reflections and recipes, integrated social sharing and a new way to track your Lenten sacrifices! Available in English and Spanish in the Google Play and App stores.	Download
CRS Rice Bowl and CRS Collection FAQs	View
Rice Bowl Placemat - Archdiocese of Seattle Version	View
Rice Bowl Stations of the Cross script - English	View
Plato de Arroz Vía Crucis - español	View

Rice Bowl Lenten Prayer Translated into the languages spoken in the 2019 featured countries - Spanish, Swahili, Luganda, Sinhala, Tamil and Arabic. Also translated into several languages in which Mass is offered in the Archdiocese of Seattle - Korean, Polish, Tagalog, Tigrinya and Vietnamese.	View
Meet Me in the Desert A Lenten Prayer	View
Encuéntrame en el desierto Una oración de Cuaresma	View

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Give using check or cash Checks payable to "CCAS" with "Rice Bowl" in the memo line. Mail to: Missions Office - Rice Bowl Archdiocese of Seattle 710 9th Ave Seattle, WA 98104

Rice Bowl Grants in the Archdiocese of Seattle Seventy-five percent of Rice Bowl donations are used by CRS overseas, such as small loans for women in the poorest areas of the world. 25% of funds stay in each diocese for local projects. Over $576,000.00 in Lent 2018 donations has been raised in this Archdiocese, and so over $144,000 was available for over 280 grants in western Washington. This is our highest donation total ever and the most grants made in the history of Rice Bowl in this archdiocese. Grant results are available below.	View CRS website
2018 CRS Rice Bowl Grants List Printer friendly PDF version: 2018 CRS Rice Bowl Grants	View Grants List
2019 Rice Bowl Grant Memo to Applicants	View
2019 Rice Bowl Grant Criteria & Guidelines	View
2019 Rice Bowl Grant Application - PDF	View
2018 Rice Bowl Grant Report - PDF	View
2019 Rice Bowl GARDEN Grant Criteria & Guidelines	View
2019 Rice Bowl GARDEN Grant Application - PDF	View
2018 Rice Bowl GARDEN Grant Report Form - PDF	View