The Secretariat for Planning and Financial Services reports the following donor contributions in support of the Rice Bowl Collection taken up in the parishes of the Diocese on Palm Sunday, the weekend of March 15/16, 2008.
Total Collection Proceeds:
2008 $427,839.12
2007 $431,679.56
Collection Expenses:
(Propagation of the Faith)
2008 (2,839.12)
2007 (2,500.00)
25% to Local Diocesan Missions
2008 (106,250.00)
2007 (107,294.89)
Net forwarded to Catholic Relief Services
2008 $318,750.00
2007 $321,884.67
Operation Rice Bowl provides funding for Catholic Relief Services’ food security projects which support agriculture, nutrition, education and self-sufficiency in communities around the world. Seventy-five percent is remitted to Catholic Relief Services for overseas projects and 25 percent is retained in the diocese for local antipoverty programs.
