Parish Lenten Service Project

Every year for the last 3 years at St. Mary's, during Lent, we schedule a Lenten meal packaging program with an organization called Rise Against Hunger. They are affiliated with Catholic Relief Services.

There are countries in the world that are so affected by war, drought and other natural disasters that the amount of grain produced in those countries. is not enough to feed the poor. We package food for those people and it is shipped to the countries that need it. The food is handed out directly to the families. Each meal consists of rice, lentils, dehydrated vegetables and a packet of vitamins.

Thank you to all the volunteers who participated this year.  Photos of the day can be found here.