ASHEVILLE — Employees at Catholic Charities Western Regional Office joined together on Fridays during Lent for a simple meatless meal of soup and bread. Coordinated by Nick Haskell, these meals were an opportunity for prayer, fellowship and almsgiving.
Employees made donations to the Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl Collection each Friday in gratitude for their meal and to support the international relief and development work of CRS. This communal effort of Lenten prayer, almsgiving and abstinence resulted in $293.65 being raised for CRS.
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. The agency alleviates suffering and provides assistance to people in need in more than 100 countries. This year, 2018, CRS celebrates its 75th anniversary.
— Joseph Purello