By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger Sixteen organizations have received grants to provide direct services to alleviate poverty and hunger within the Diocese of Davenport. Those grants were funded by Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl funds collected during Lent earlier this year. Two organizations also received grants to advance the common good and protect the lives and dignity of others. Those grants were funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development collection held last November.
By Emmaline Jurgena For The Catholic Messenger Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowl collection continues to grow in donations, generating $85,009 this year. The total is up from $82,353 in 2015, and a vast increase from $63,386 in 2014. Twenty-five percent of the funds collected in the Davenport Diocese stay in the diocese; 75 percent go to CRS programs around the world.