Food Pantries

Community Food Security Program

No one should go hungry. With job disruptions, health risks, and school closures, thousands of people in our communities turn to food banks for much-needed support. The number of people served through our parish and school food security programs each month in our area has increased significantly.

Your gift to the Community Food Security Program will help sustain and replenish parish and school food pantries where demand has skyrocketed throughout the archdiocese.

Volunteer

Catholic Charities is in urgent need of volunteers to assist at food pantries in the ADW area. Volunteer today!

Ways to Give

Credit Card or ACH Direct Debit

Click here to donate online. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards. You can also make donations from a checking account via ACH direct debit. 100% of your donations goes to the Parish and School FoodPantries.

Click here to enroll in ParishSoft’s recurring e-giving program or to make a one-time donation. Select “Community Food Security Program” in the drop-down menu.

By Check

Please make your check payable to the Archdiocese of Washington and mail it to:

Archdiocese of Washington
Community Food Security Program
c/o Danny Ortega, Development
P.O. Box 29260
Washington, DC 20017-0260

By Phone

301-637-6129
[email protected]

CRS Rice Bowl

Parishioners and students participate each year in CRS Rice Bowl, the Lenten spirituality program of Catholic Relief Services, to deepen their spiritual practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. The CRS Rice Bowl program provides tangible assistance to our brothers and sisters in need.

Contributions to CRS Rice Bowl provides clean drinking water and training for farmers in sustainable agriculture, as well as promotes maternal and infant health, childhood education, and support small business owners. A portion of contributions to CRS Rice Bowl stays in our communities to support parish food pantries throughout the Archdiocese of Washington.

Learn more about how your parish or school can participate in CRS Rice Bowl for the Season of Lent. Contact the Archdiocese of Washington’s CRS Rice Bowl Coordinator at [email protected] or call (301) 512-1043.

Parish-based Food Pantries

Check with Parishes about giving or receiving assistance with their parish-based food pantry.

Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington, DC

Christ the King, Silver Spring, MD

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Washington, DC

Church of the Holy Spirit, Forestville, MD

Church of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus, Washington, DC

Church of the Resurrection, Burtonsville, MD

Holy Family, Hillcrest Heights, MD

Holy Family, Mitchellville, MD

Holy Name of Jesus, Washington, DC

Holy Family, Mitchellville, MD

Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Lexington Park, MD

Mount Calvary, Forestville, MD

Our Lady of Fátima, Riverdale Park

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Washington, DC

Our Lady of Sorrows, Takoma Park, MD

Our Lady of the Wayside, Chaptico, MD

Our Lady Queen of the Americas, Washington, DC

Sacred Heart, La Plata, MD

Shrine of St. Jude, Rockville, MD

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Washington, DC

Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Washington, DC

St. Ambrose, Cheverly, MD

St. Anthony, North Beach: Ladies of Charity Calvert County

St. Anthony of Padua, Washington, DC

St. Benedict the Moor, Washington, DC

St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Riverdale Park, MD

St. Bernardine of Siena, Suitland, MD

St. Camillus, Silver Spring, MD

St. Catherine of Alexandria, Port Tobacco, MD

St. Cecilia, St. Mary’s City, MD

St. Columba, Oxon Hill, MD

St. Francis de Sales, Benedict, MD

St. Francis de Sales, Washington, DC

St. Francis of Assisi, Derwood, MD

St. Francis Xavier, Washington, DC

St. George, Valley Lee, MD

St. Hugh, Greenbelt, MD

St. Ignatius Loyola, Hilltop / Port Tobacco, MD

St. Ignatius, Ft. Washington, DC

St. Jerome, Hyattsville, MD

St. John Francis, Hollywood, MD

St. John Neumann, Gaithersburg, MD

St. John the Evangelist, Silver Spring, MD

St. John Vianney, Prince Frederick, MD

St. Joseph, Beltsville, MD

St. Joseph, Largo, MD

St. Joseph, Pomfret, MD

St. Luke, Washington, DC

St. Margaret of Scotland, Seat Pleasant, MD

St. Mark the Evangelist, Hyattsville, MD

St. Martin of Tours, Gaithersburg, MD

St. Martin of Tours, Washington, DC

St. Mary of God, Washington, DC

St. Mary of the Mills, Laurel, MD

St. Mary Star of the Sea, Indian Head, MD

St. Mary, Charlotte Hall, MD

St. Mary, Clinton, MD

St. Matthias the Apostle, Lanham, MD

St. Michael the Archangel, Silver Spring, MD

St. Michael, Brandywine, MD

St. Peter, Olney, MD

St. Peter, Waldorf, MD

St. Philip the Apostle, Camp Springs, MD

St. Pius X, Bowie, MD

St. Thomas More, Washington, DC

St. Vincent de Paul, Washington, DC

For parishes, schools, and associated Catholic ministries and organizations in the Archdiocese seeking information about the Archdiocesan Community Food Security Program, please contact Maeve Gilheney-Gallagher, Global Solidarity Coordinator, Office of Missions, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 301-853-5388.

Contact our CRS Rice Bowl Coordinator with questions at:

301-512-1043
[email protected]