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JOSEPHS HOUSE INC

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Joseph’s House is a hospice home providing healing care for homeless men and women who are dying of AIDS and cancer.

  • Blossom and the New Resident
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  • On the porch at Joseph's House
  • Connecting with each other
  • Checking in with each other
  • Healing touch
  • Bonding over ice cream
  • Memorial Meeting
  • A light for all who died this year

Joseph's House was formed in 1990 in response to the AIDS crisis in Washington, DC, which has now deepened into an HIV/AIDS epidemic, the worst in the country. We welcome about 40 people per year into this community, and seek to practice mercy, justice, unconditional love--and forgiveness (mostly toward ourselves, when we forget). With care of this kind, the residents can be in less distress and better able to cope with dying and loss within themselves and in their relationships with family and friends. Nearly everyone who comes here heals in some way--emotionally, spiritually, and sometimes even physically.

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  1. Katherine WilsonKatherine Wilson 04/28/2012 at 03:03 PM ET
    Happy Spring!
  2. Barbara WagnerBarbara Wagner 12/31/2011 at 10:13 AM ET
    Joseph's House provides care with dignity. The staff of Joseph's House has an excellent understanding of the needs of the dying.
  3. Debby ChurchmanDebby Churchman 11/17/2011 at 02:01 PM ET
    A donor writes: "Having a family that cherishes you is what the God who is love intends for each of us. Joseph's House is that family for those who feel orphaned."
  4. BRENDA MCMILLANBRENDA MCMILLAN 11/10/2011 at 01:02 PM ET
    Joseph's House came into My Life in June 2011, learning the loss of My only sibling, My Dear Brother Paul Aguirre Jr. I cannot tell you how much the Joseph House, Staff & Volunteer's means to Me! From coming into My Life in a Blink of an eye to learning of the most beautiful & celebrated death anyone can ever have! We as His Family (My Brother Paul) couldn't have celebrated any more meaningful!!! As Beliver's in Jesus Christ, I always thought that My gifts back to God would be about My Life trials & experience's - it's not - It WILL BE to continue to reach out to the needs of other's - sharing & carrying out My Brother's Light & Torch in any way I possibly can. If you are reading this & you are not in touch with Family members please, please call them & tell them where you are it doesn't matter what has gone on or wrong in your Life - YOU ARE LOVED! Let's reach out so we can help those in need! My Dear Little Brother, I Love You, Your Family Loves You & You will ALWAYS BE MISSED DEARLY From this Earth! Until We Meet Again! Always Your Sister, Brenda Bishop & Love From Our Families!!
  5. Flora T HamiltonFlora T Hamilton 11/09/2011 at 10:25 PM ET
    All at FMCS thank you for being there.
  6. Kathleen FinanKathleen Finan 11/09/2011 at 09:43 PM ET
    Thank you for your gift of love and support to those who need it. You and my wonderful friends who work with you are a blessing in my life.
  7. John B StoliarJohn B Stoliar 11/09/2011 at 09:42 PM ET
    Joseph's House is a truly remarkable reminder to me that serving our brothers and sisters is a source of great fulfillment and joy.
  8. James EdmondsJames Edmonds 11/09/2011 at 09:23 PM ET
    Hi Patti, Thank everyone at Joseph's House for all their hard work.
  9. Alexei LaushkinAlexei Laushkin 11/09/2011 at 09:18 PM ET
    Really a blessing to know and support this work of compassion and mercy
  10. Elizabeth SwensonElizabeth Swenson 11/09/2011 at 09:06 PM ET
    A very special place - a great contribution to our city --
  11. Patricia HarrePatricia Harre 11/09/2011 at 08:48 PM ET
    I wish I were a position to do more than just donate money to your beautiful effort. Bless all of you!
  12. Patricia WudelPatricia Wudel 11/09/2011 at 08:17 PM ET
    It means so much to me that at Joseph's House, meaningful support is given to all caregivers - staff and volunteers - so that they may be nourished, not depleted, by their good work.
  13. Allix HillebrandAllix Hillebrand 11/09/2011 at 07:54 PM ET
    Thank you for what you do.
  14. Robert C MagrishRobert C Magrish 11/09/2011 at 07:19 PM ET
    You all are doing something great! Thank you.
  15. Lamya MasadiahLamya Masadiah 11/09/2011 at 06:43 PM ET
    A compassionate place full of compassionate people. Thank you for all that you do.
  16. Ann B BarnetAnn B Barnet 11/09/2011 at 06:32 PM ET
    Practical, persistant, effective compassion is what Joseph's House is about
  17. Eric. W OgdenEric. W Ogden 11/09/2011 at 06:30 PM ET
    Joseph's House is a place like no other and we can all learn about love, respect and dignity from everyone who walks through its doors. It has profoundly changed our lives for the better. With respect, Garth and Eric
  18. Helen TaneyHelen Taney 11/09/2011 at 04:59 PM ET
    Yes, there is sadness at Joseph's House, but there is laughter and fun, too. Joseph's House is a place where real love lives and is put into practice at every moment. Transformation from fear and uncertainty into confidence of loving care is typically seen in new residents. Not unusual is a person very ill coming to Joseph's House and becoming well enough to leave for residence in their own place-even getting a job. Funds donated to Joseph's House are well spent and very well stewarded.tewarded a careice
  19. Michael SalinasMichael Salinas 11/09/2011 at 04:42 PM ET
    Joseph's House is a house full of people with compassion and loving kindness who spend their lives caring for those who are often forgotten in our hurried society. Thank you Joseph's House for being in our community.
  20. David SchenckDavid Schenck 11/09/2011 at 03:44 PM ET
    Nowhere have I learned more about healing -- for living, in dying -- than at Joseph's House. And nowhere are their better teachers than Joseph's House residents and volunteers and staff. Blessings!
  21. Debby ChurchmanDebby Churchman 11/09/2011 at 02:17 PM ET
    Jean Gendron says, "I think Joseph's House is a unique, caring, healing place in Washington, DC. The ministry there canot be measured in only human terms. Regular staff and all the volunteer are amazing. I think Patty Wudel's letters are so revealing about the life and miracles there."
  22. Debby ChurchmanDebby Churchman 11/09/2011 at 01:10 PM ET
    Pat and Grif Bates write that "the foundation of all spiritual discipline is kindness. Joseph's House is a fountain of kindness. We contribute regularly to help spread this kindness which it seems the world needs dearly."
  23. Rosa UlicsRosa Ulics 11/09/2011 at 11:36 AM ET
    A visit to Josephs House is a deeply moving experience. A reminder that we are all worthy of compassion, dignity and healing. Thank you to the staff and residents for showing us the way.
  24. sandy d mannsandy d mann 11/09/2011 at 11:30 AM ET
    compassionate presence dissolves separation allowing the experience of our wholeness to arise... thank you josephs house
  25. Ella P. CurryElla P. Curry 11/09/2011 at 11:21 AM ET
    Joseph's House is a home in the truest sense: a place where many have found sanctuary from city streets and confounding health care systems; comfort in shared meals, clean linens, common space, and a safe place to sleep; acceptance of biography, history, illness, beliefs, unbelief, failures and successes; celebration of arrivals, returns, and a peaceful final departure; affirmation of worth as a beloved creation of God. What a privilege it has been to bear witness, for 21 years, to the creation and sustenance of this community of hope for so many living with HIV infection and AIDS in Washington, D.C. I give thanks in all my remembrances of you.

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