COME TO BREAKFAST! We are looking to deepen and broaden the community of people who know about Joseph's House, and believe that the best way to do so is to let you see it for yourself. To that end, we offer regularly scheduled, free, one-hour "walk and talk" tours of the House. Please join us on one of these dates: Wednesday, February 29 Saturday, March 10 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. For more information and to RSVP, please contact us by clicking here. __________________________________________
Workshop: Compassionate Care of the Dying
Each one of us has potential for providing compassionate care during
dying and death. Paradoxically, genuine compassion results from the
capacity to embrace our own suffering. This introductory workshop is
intended for those who wish to gain insight into their own suffering and
learn skillful ways to transform this deep wisdom into compassionate
service of the dying. Using dialogue, experiential exercises and guided
meditation, participants will explore how deeper awareness and presence
to our own suffering can lead to compassionate caregiving at end of
life.
Our dear friend Susan Akers Wright is teaching this workshop. Susan is a Metta Institute graduate, a long-time practitioner of meditation and a hospice nurse at
Capital Caring. She is a friend of Joseph's House. It is true: when we
investigate our own suffering, even a little - that enhanced self
awareness can become a bridge to the heart and experience of another. I
am so happy that Susan is offering this retreat. ___________________________________________________
Facing Death on His Own Terms
David Schenck, a professor at Vanderbilt University and former Joseph's House volunteer, writes here about helping a terminally ill homeless man decide what kind of cares he wants. A powerful story. _________________________________________________________
CLICK ON THE PICTURE for Garth Trinkl's blog
Visit us at Joseph's House DC
Joseph's House is on YouTube! Click here for a quick look at Joseph's House and social justice. Click here for a seven-minute interview with Americorps Volunteer Will Cole. Click here for the trailer to the movie "The Other City" about grassroots workers in the struggle with HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C. __________________________________________
To watch a PBS video about Joseph's House, click on the logo at left.
