Families
Live Lent at Home with CRS Rice Bowl
This Lent, CRS Rice Bowl invites your family to pray, fast and give together at home. Explore simple resources that help you grow in faith, connect with our global family and put love into action.
Start your Lenten Journey
Begin your family's CRS Rice Bowl experience with these simple steps.
Set Up Your Rice Bowl:
If you didn't receive a CRS Rice Bowl from your parish or school, print a Rice Bowl label and attach it to a container at home to collect your Lenten alms.
Follow the Lenten Calendar
Make prayer, fasting and almsgiving part of your family's daily routine with simple reflections and activities throughout Lent.
Make a family plan:
Choose when you’ll pray, what you’ll give up and how you’ll collect alms together throughout Lent.
Pray Together
During Lent, you’re invited to make room for God. CRS Rice Bowl offers simple ways for you to practice the Lenten pillar of prayer with your family and to reflect on the many ways God calls you to love and serve your neighbor.
Try asking:
- Who can your family pray for this week?
- Where do you see people who need help, both nearby and in other parts of the world?
- What is one way God may be asking you to show love this Lent?
- How can prayer help you grow closer to your global family?
Stations of the Cross
Pray the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday and throughout Lent as a family.
Meet Our Global Family
Each week during Lent, journey with families from around the world through CRS Rice Bowl Stories of Hope. Their stories help your family grow in faith, learn from their resilience and see how you are part of one global family.
See the World With New Eyes
Begin your Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl and discover how prayer, fasting and almsgiving help us see Christ in our global family.
A Story of Hope from Ethiopia
Clean water close to home is helping Fatuma’s family in Ethiopia grow food and dream of a brighter future.
A Story of Hope from Honduras
In Honduras, a family is turning hard work, new skills and strawberries into a brighter future for their daughter.
A Story of Hope from Lebanon
Through faith, family and the olive harvest, Zeina’s story shows how one community in Lebanon is holding on to hope amid hardship.
The Journey of a Rice Bowl Gift
Even the smallest Rice Bowl gift can become a powerful sign of God’s love, helping families around the world build brighter futures.
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Talk Together
After reading each weekly story, take a few moments to reflect together as a family:
- What surprised us about this family's story?
- How is their life similar to ours? How is it different?
- What challenges do they face?
- How can we pray for them this week?
- How is God calling us to respond?
Fast and Give Together
During Lent, fasting and abstinence help us simplify our lives and grow in solidarity with our sisters and brothers around the world. Share simple meatless meals as a family and reflect on how your Lenten sacrifices can help others.
Meatless Meals
Experience recipes inspired by communities around the world while practicing fasting and abstinence during Lent. Gather around the table, try something new and reflect on the blessings in your life.
