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WHO WE ARE
Temple of the Forgotten works with nonprofits and religious communities serving marginalized and homeless populations to integrate nonreligious spiritual care into their services.
We believe that everyone, regardless of their life circumstance, deserves community and care.
WHAT DO WE DO?
We give religious communities, nonprofits and government agencies the tools they need to integrate nonreligious spirituality and spiritual care into their systems serving marginalized populations through educational materials, workshops and trainings, employee support, and street chaplain placement.
WHAT'S NONRELIGIOUS SPIRITUAL CARE?
Nonreligious spirituality and spiritual care are approaches to supporting the human search for meaning, purpose, connection, identity, hope, and belonging without requiring adherence to any particular religious tradition or belief system. Rooted in deep listening, curiosity, and respect for individual experience, nonreligious spiritual care creates space for people to explore life's profound questions, navigate suffering and transition, cultivate resilience, and connect with what gives their lives meaning.
WHY SPIRITUAL CARE & HOMELESSNESS?
People navigating homelessness, poverty, incarceration, trauma, grief, addiction, and social isolation are carrying not only practical needs, but profound questions of meaning, dignity, identity, belonging, loss, and hope. Nonreligious spiritual care creates space for those deeper parts of a person to be witnessed and tended to without judgment, conversion, or expectation. Without this presence, people lose sight of their humanity, purpose, and sense of meaning: the very thing needed for transformation and growth in one's life.
"Let's reimagine our communities to be places where there is a commonly held, deeply sacred belief that all deserve to be loved, seen and welcomed, no matter their life circumstances."
Rev. Charlotte Cramer