CRS Rice Bowl 2013

To: Rice Bowl Coordinators
From: Your Missions Office Staff

Greetings Rice Bowl Coordinators!

We are nearing the midpoint of the Lenten season, making more room for God in our lives through our prayers, fasting and almsgiving. Over 200 parish and school communities in the Archdiocese of Seattle are participating in CRS Rice Bowl. Thank you for your assistance to sisters and brothers here and throughout the world!

Lesotho
CRS Rice Bowl has taken us this week to Lesotho. Through stories, video and weekly reflections, we learn how CRS is helping families build a better future through early childhood education. Next week – to the Dominican Republic (microfinance)! Speaking of microfinance…

Best Practices
We love to hear about new and creative ways you, parishes, schools and individuals are using the CRS Rice Bowl materials. If you have a best practice you’d like to share please email it to us at: missionsoffice@seattlearch.org

Are you on the map?
Register your Rice Bowl and help our parish/school/community get the most participants on the CRS Rice Bowl National Participation Map! http://www.crsricebowl.org/get-start...icipation-map/

Rice Bowl Grants
The process for Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl grants in 2013 is now open! The application materials are available on our website: http://www.seattlearchdiocese.org/ricebowl. If you need the forms emailed to you, please let us know! The deadline for submitting a Rice Bowl grant application to the Missions Office is Friday, May 10, 2013.

Need more materials?
Please contact us if you are in need of more Rice Bowls (we have loads of them!), customized placemats, DVDs, donation envelopes or other materials.

And as always, Missions Office staff is available to assist you. Email us at missionsoffice@seattlearch.org or call (206) 382-4580 or 1 (800) 869-7028. Thank you for your collaboration in this important work.

Missions Office staff: J.L. Drouhard, Erin Getchman, Kelly Hickman

“If we cultivate …. seeing others as our brothers and sisters, solidarity, justice, mercy and compassion will naturally well up in our hearts.” (From Pope Benedict XVI’s final Lenten message)