The Hernandez family is a middle class Latino family in Santa Ana , California. Elizabeth, the mother, has made an effort to involve the family in CRS’s Rice Bowl. She is also active as a volunteer in various Catholic outreach groups. This story is about how they have involved their church and schools in Rice Bowl and how their faith contributes to this mission.

On Sundays, the Hernandezes hold a prayer service at their home instead of going to church, the children prepare for it as if they were going to Mass. During this prayer session, Gus talks to the children about the importance of Rice Bowl. After the Mass, friends of the family come for dinner along with three Sisters of Clarisas, Sr. Mary Valadez M., Sister Maria del Rayo Martinez and Sister Josefina Manis B.