Evangelization through hospitality-building a house of care
The Humanity through Grace Home & Guesthouse draws from the example of the tradition of the Ministry of Hospitality of the Monastic Guesthouse, to meet the need of the many hapless victims of our broken society today for the healing and development of their Humanity through Grace. Through colaberative working relationships with Health and Social Care Services in a homely therapeutic environemnt, we welcome and care for the whole-person - their heart and soul - as well as their body and mind.
"to be a Catholic, I was once told, is to be hospitable"
Bishop Erik Varden
“Hospitality is the invitation to someone else to enter one’s home. Home is a place of physical and psychological anchorage. It is a place with historic meanings, which provides shelter, identity, and social structure. It is a recognition of the humanity which one shares with whoever is not at home, and needs a welcome. It exists on the boundary of the public and the private; it mediates between the two. It is subversive of culturally defined hierarchies, welcoming the stranger, recognizing everyone's common humanity, our dignity and vulnerability, and need for Grace, compassion and mercy.”
Evangelizing Society through Hospitality. meeting the need for the healing & development of our Humanity through Grace.
For the tired, weary, and burdened pilgrim in their pursuit of happiness today.
Through the Home & Family
It is an all-too-common Story of Our Time of growing up in a society marked by psychological and spiritual wounds rooted in broken families and relationships. Despite having a life long toxic effect upon a person's health and wellbeing, these deep roots often remain hidden and untreated in Health and Social Care today. In the Catholic tradition of hospitality, the Humanity through Grace Home & Guesthouse recognises and addressess these psycho-spiritual factors.
Through Health & Social Care
We deliver our relationship person centred approach by providing respite and long-term care in collaberation with Health and Social Care Services in a sector that is often overstretched, and dominated by impersonal managerial and clinical directives.
By creating a homely and welcoming environement that cares for the whole-person - their heart and soul - as well as their body and mind, we find that health and wellbeing and cost saving outcomes are improved.
A former Director of Adult Social Services commented:
"we offer people a service, but they are usually looking for a relationship"
Health & Social Care - A Collaborative Working Relationship
The Shared Lives model is an example of Health and Social Care services successfully utilizing the Home & Family to deliver more personalized and relationship based care. Through respite and long term care, we recognise this service as complimenting and facilitating the delivery and development of our Ministry of Hospitality.
Establishing and developing our ministry of hospitality on the Isle of Wight.
The Kings Fund, Building the House of Care, 2013.
"Building the house involves a wide variety of organizations, professional groups and individuals working together in a co-ordinated manner, pooling budgets, sharing data and learning how to get better at delivering holistic, co-ordinated, person-centred care"
