Food Fast: A 24 Hour Fasting Experience

Food Fast is Catholic Relief Services' hunger awareness program for Catholic youth in the United States. Focusing on global poverty and justice, Food Fast provides an experience of solidarity with our brothers and sisters overseas, living our faith, and joining together in community to create lasting change in the world.

Anchored in the Catholic call to justice and solidarity, Food Fast is an educational program for youth in grades 8 to 12. Through a 24-hour hunger experience, Food Fast is designed to:

Connect young people with issues faced by their peers in the developing world through the lens of Catholic social teaching!
Challenge Catholic youth to consider how their engagement of the world, perspectives and lifestyles can make a difference.
Empower Catholic youth to take action based on the principles of solidarity and justice.

To order your free materials call 800-222-0025 or visit our order page.

If you have questions about organizing a Food Fast or available materials email foodfast@crs.org.

Peace in Colombia

Communities throughout Colombia are saying "NO" to the violent conflict, and "YES" to creating a lasting peace for all Colombians. More than forty years of violent conflict has caused great suffering for millions of Colombians, especially poor and marginalized communities, but has also inspired amazing efforts in Colombia to create a new vision for peace. The Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia is an opportunity for Catholics in the United States to support our Colombian brothers and sisters in this vision.

Please join us and many other people of faith across the United States, Canada and Colombia in the ecumenical Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia April 27-28.

Fasts Around the United States

Let's build solidarity through prayer. Pray with youth groups who are holding a Food Fast this month. Make sure your group is listed.

Food Fast Promises

As a follow up to their Food Fast experience this year we are challenging Catholic youth to make a promise to live simply, live sustainably and live in solidarity with the poor.

Make your promise to livesimply now, and get other people to join you.