Interfaith. Interspiritual. Interspecies.
Join us for a very special Sunday Service on June 15 to honor our emerging Animal Chaplain cohort!
Our celebration will feature their creative interspecies practices and will honor their achievements in creating frameworks for increasing compassionate service for animals and humans who care for and protect them.
Because this date coincides with Father's Day, we will be honoring "Dads of the Animal Kingdom" within the service, too. So, if you are a dad or would like to invite your dad, or you aren't a dad but you engage in fathering others, we'll be celebrating you, too.
Need an Animal Chaplain?
Our site Findanimalchaplain.com helps humans find support in times of interspecies crisis or concern, for example when they are confused about what is happening with the health of an animal companion (such as a “pet” cat or dog) or endangered wildlife nearby. They also support animal-care professionals. advocates, and activists. Animal chaplains provide support for both animals and humans by using deep listening, sacred ceremonies, and the tools of empathetic spiritual companionship.
Become an animal chaplain!
If you are interested in training to become an animal chaplain, our next cohort starts September 2025.
about us
The Compassion Consortium is a non-sectarian center. We offer well-being resources, spiritual guidance, support, and community fellowship to Vegans, Vegetarians, animal rights activists, animal lovers, and all humans who care about and advocate for animals and the planet.
We recognize that many people do not see their deeply rooted compassion for all creatures reflected in houses of worship or spiritual centers; some people have even left faith traditions after seeing animals excluded from the level of mercy they deserve; in many cases, they're even denied the possession of a soul.
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The Compassion Consortium is here to supplement this "missing piece" for persons who are part of another religious or spiritual community and those who are not affiliated ("nones") or identify as secular.
Channel your passion for animals and the planet into a caring and supportive vocation
Animal chaplains provide support for both animals and humans by using ritual, ceremony, and the tools of spiritual companionship. Our training program helps you fulfill your heart’s call to honor and celebrate the lives of all species, including how to companion them through joys and challenges.
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Our program is non-denominational and does not require students to have a specific religious or spiritual outlook. It will, though, prepare you to work with a diverse set of belief systems, so that you can support people regardless of their own outlook.
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Program is offered annually. Our next cohort begins classes in September! Contact us with any questions or schedule a consult with our program director by clicking below.
Discussion Circle for Animal Activists & Caregivers
Animal Chaplain Alaina Sigler is offering a much-needed service for those involved in animal advocacy. Whether you are a shelter worker, founder of an animal rescue, veterinarian or vet technician, or perhaps an activist for wild animals, it’s important to have a safe place where you can find support for the challenges you experience in your work. It’s also a place where you can provide that support to other animal activists.
The Emotional Support Group for Animal Activists meets the second Monday of every month at 5:00 PM Pacific / 6:00 PM Mountain / 7 PM Central / 8 PM Eastern
The Compassion Consortium, in conjunction with Vegan Meditation, is offering a weekly online peaceful half-hour of vegan-oriented meditation and mindful sharing.
We’ll meditate together in silence, then share brief thoughts on a topic related to compassion, mindfulness or veganism. Our aim through this practice is to cultivate greater internal peace and presence, and to bring greater mindfulness and compassion to our interactions with the external world and all its inhabitants. David Simon, the Chair of the Compassion Consortium Advisory Board, will host each week.
We meet Monday evenings at 6pm Pacific / 7pm MT / 8pm CT / 9pm ET for 45 minutes every first and third Monday of each month.
Animal Companion Loss Grief Support Group
This is a space for anyone who has lost an animal companion – whether it was yesterday or many years ago – and still feels the grips of grief. This is a safe space for sharing that grief with people who understand and can relate to the feelings. In our society, the grief that comes from an animal companion loss can be diminished and dismissed. Please know, though, that the grief is real, raw, and beautiful and that it is so big because of the big and small ways they were integrated into our daily lives and our habits.
I welcome you to join us, to gently explore all the feelings – grief, sadness, anger, guilt, shame, fear, numbness, relief, loneliness, acceptance, and so much more. In this group we will support one another by our presence and with our words.
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Please join a few minutes early to ensure no technical issues.
YOU MAY BRING
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A picture that you may want to share of your beloved companion animal
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Anything that is weighing on your heart in relationship to your loss
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A journal and a pen to jot down any insights or awarenesses
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Anything else to create a cozy atmosphere! Whether it's a warm drink, a stuffed animal, blankets, or comforting scents.​
This group will start at 6:30 PM EST and run to 7:30 PM EST on Zoom.
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