Lenten Giving
February 7, 2023Catholic Relief Services' Rice Bowl Program
Use your Rice Bowl or Donate Online via our Parish Rice Bowl Webpage
Pick up a Rice Bowl at the Cathedral main entrance on the Sundays before and after Ash Wednesday, or visit our Parish Rice Bowl webpage to donate directly to CRS Rice Bowl.
Read about almsgiving and how CRS uses your alms.
Simple Lenten Meals
Simple Lenten Meals flierDownload
Volante de Cenas Simples de CuaresmaDownload
Simple Lenten Meals in the North Conference Room Fridays of Lent (except March 17, 2023, St. Patrick's Feast) at 6:30pm, following Stations of the Cross | Join us for a simple meal, each Friday prepared by a different parish group, with the opportunity to donate to local charities. Donate to any of these organizations via check (payable to Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle with organization name on memo line) or online via PayPal on our Social Justice Committee webpage (type organization name in Note field).
Charitable Organizations benefitted in 2023
- February 24 | Coffee with Christ
- March 3 | The Northwest Center
- March 10 | Kairos Prison Ministry
- March 17 | No Simple Lenten Meal as we all celebrate St. Patrick's Feast on our own.
- March 24 | Fr. Tim Kesicki, SJ
- March 31 | St. Matthew's Cathedral Adopt-a-Family program
Lenten Food Drive with the John S. Mulholland Family Foundation
March 4/5, 2023 | Lenten Food Drive Paper bags for your donations will be available at Masses on the weekend of February 25/26, 2023. Bring your donations to Mass the following weekend.
Adopt-a-Family Easter Gift Card Drive
March 18/19 and 25/26, 2023 | Adopt-a-Family Easter Gift Card Drive. Volunteers collect donations of cash and grocery gift cards after Masses.
St. Matthew’s Social Justice Ministries
Donate via check (payable to Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle with “Social Justice Ministries” or the name of a particular Social Justice Ministry on memo line) or visit our Social Justice Committee webpage with options to give online to individual ministries via PayPal.