Operation Rice Bowl develops resources to help faith communities experience an enriched Lenten journey together. Parishes, religious educators, or individuals and families may download and adapt these resources to best enhance their Lenten celebration
Parishes
The Home Calendar Guide contains personal stories from beneficiaries of Catholic Relief Services' overseas programs, Lenten reflections and activities, and recipes of simple meat-less meals from different countries.
The Community and Parish Guide supplements all of the Operation Rice Bowl materials. It includes suggestions and resources to integrate Operation Rice Bowl into your parish gatherings and services.
Community and Parish Guide
- Community and Parish Guide English / Spanish
- How to Organize Operation Rice Bowl English / Spanish
- Activity Suggestions English / Spanish
- Bulletin Announcements English / Spanish
- Bulletin Insert English / Spanish
- Prayer Intentions English / Spanish
- Prayer Service English / Spanish
- Homily Notes English / Spanish
- Stations of the Cross (text version) English / Spanish
Parish Community Activities
- Parish Activity English / Spanish
- Lenten Prayer Eggs English / Spanish
- ORB Placemat English / Spanish
Interactive Resources
Donation Envelope
If your parish would like to provide a donation envelope to facilitate the collection of Operation Rice Bowl contributions, we invite you to provide this template to your collection envelope vendor. You may use this template as the artwork for an ORB donation envelope. The template contains the Operation Rice Bowl logo and provides information on how ORB contributions are used. If you have questions, please contact us at educationprograms@crs.org.
Our Sunday Visitor can print the envelope for your parish. The cost for a single-sided envelope is $38 for 500 envelopes or $49 for 1,000 envelopes. For a double-sided envelope the price is $76 for 500 envelopes or $87 for 1,000 envelopes. The envelopes white with black ink. To order envelopes please email Our Sunday Visitor.
Foreign Language Parish Resources
Polish
Other Languages
Religious Educators
The Home Calendar Guide contains personal stories from beneficiaries of Catholic Relief Services' overseas programs, Lenten reflections and activities, and recipes of simple meat-less meals from different countries.
The Educator's Guide is designed to help Catholic school teachers, catechists, and youth ministers integrate issues of justice and poverty into their Lenten curriculum.
Educator's Guide
- Educator’s Guide English / Spanish
- Lesson Plans, grades 1-3 English / Spanish
- Lesson Plans, grades 4-6 English / Spanish
- Lesson Plans, grades 7-8 English / Spanish
- Lesson Plans, grades 9-12 English / Spanish
- Bonus Ghana Lesson Plans; grades 1-12 English / Spanish
School Community Activities
- School Activities English / Spanish
- Lenten Prayer Eggs English / Spanish
- ORB Placemat English / Spanish
Interactive Resources
Individuals and Families
The Home Calendar Guide contains personal stories from beneficiaries of Catholic Relief Services' overseas programs, Lenten reflections and activities, and recipes of simple meat-less meals from different countries.
