Love, Joy, & Compassion at the End of Life

Joseph's House is sponsoring a workshop entitled "Deepening Relationships: Love, Joy, & Compassion at the End of Life" with with Frank Ostaseski on September 15th and 16th: The intent of this unique program is to “develop self-awareness among participants, building our capacity and skills in deepening relationships with those we serve and with the Mystery of death. Specifically we will explore how the three innate qualities of Love. Joy and Compassion arise as an appropriate and supportive response to conditions surrounding the end of life.” For more information visit www.compassionatedc.org.

Joseph's House provides a home, nursing services, and community for formerly homeless men and women in metropolitan Washington DC who are terminally ill and in the last weeks or months of their illness.

Joseph's House Compassion & Justice Award

This June Joseph’s House will celebrate its 17th anniversary with a reception and ceremony to honor the recipients of the first Joseph’s House Compassion and Justice Award. The award will honor a local institution that is a model for living out its mission with vision and passion for the values and practice of compassion and justice. As well as honoring an institution, the Joseph’s House Compassion and Justice Award will honor an individual who embodies the practice of compassion and justice in his or her life and work.

The reception takes place Saturday, June 2, 2007 from 2:30 to 7:00 pm at the the Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Road, NW. For more information, click here.

Retreats and Workshops for People Living with HIV in DC

Young Poz Socials Memorial Day Campout, May 25-27: DC Young Poz Socials is an informal social group geared for Washington, D.C. area HIV-positive guys in their 20s and 30s. They are heading to Berkeley Springs West Virginia for some semi-rustic fun. Enjoy sleeping in tents, cooking on the open fire, and sitting around the campfire at night. For more information visit www.yngpozsocials.com.

Camp Safe Haven (ages 7-17), August: This free week-long summer residential camp serves is for young people who are who are infected or directly affected by HIV/AIDS. The camp takes place at the Mar-Lu Ridge Camp and Conference Center in Frederick County, MD. For more information visit www.lssnca.org/prod05.htm or call 202-723-3000 ext. 200.

Damien Ministries Retreat, August 27th to 30th: Discover the meaning of God and spirituality for yourself and within the HIV/AIDS Experience. For more information visit www.damienministries.org or call 202 526-3020.

Quality of Life Retreat, August 31st to September 3rd: Quality of Life Retreats are a connecting and coping experience for persons living with HIV/AIDS. It is a chance to get away, to get together, to interact and to learn the techniques and attitudes that are effective in dealing with the issues of long-term survival. The retreat will take place August 31st to September 3rd at the Mar-Lu Conference Center, on Catoctin Ridge in Frederick County, MD. For more information visit: www.qualityofliferetreatshiv.org.

Deepening Relationships Workshop with Frank Ostaseski, September 15-16: The intent of this unique program is to “develop self-awareness among participants, building our capacity and skills in deepening relationships with those we serve and with the Mystery of death. Specifically we will explore how the three innate qualities of Love. Joy and Compassion arise as an appropriate and supportive response to conditions surrounding the end of life.” For more information visit www.compassionatedc.org. This event is sponsored by Joseph's House.

Open House at Joseph's House

Joseph’s House invites our friends in DC, Virginia and Maryland to drop by and meet the community of Joseph’s House and see and feel this welcoming home you have supported with your prayers and financial gifts for so long. There will be food and music and most of all, the chance to meet one another.

For those who don't know, the mission of Joseph's House is to provide a home, nursing services, and community for formerly homeless men and women in metropolitan Washington DC who are terminally ill and in the last weeks or months of their illness. Their primary mission is to those living with HIV/AIDS. To find out more, check out their website at: www.josephshouse.org.

The open house takes place Tuesday, March 27, 2007 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Joseph's House is located at 1730 Lanier Place, NW. To RSVP for this event e-mail tommy[at]josephshouse[dot]org or call Tommy at (202) 328-9161.