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Previous Essays
Each month, the Compassion Consortium offers an essay on a topic related to our tenets. These are authored by the Compassion Consortium Spiritual Team as well as guest writers.
October 2023
A Short History of Animal Advocacy in the Catholic Church
by Elaine Hutchison

December 2022
Loving Animals, Hating Cruelty. Meeting in the Middle?
by Victoria Moran, CHHC, RYT-200

October 2022
A Vegan in Kenya
by Kenneth Odhiambo Ndonga, VLCE, with Cherie Hans, VLCE
(Kenneth is also enrolled in the Compassion Consortium Animal Chaplaincy Program)
This guest essay is a reprint from Victoria Moran’s Main Street Vegan Blog, www.mainstreetvegan.com
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July 2022
Cod Skin Graft For My Surgical Wound?
I Chose To Say No
by Reverend William Melton

June 2022
The Taboo Topic: Sickness and Vegans
by Victoria Moran, CHHC, RYT-200
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May 2022
Defining interfaith, interspiritual, and interspecies. (And why these words matter.)
by Rev. Sarah Bowen

April 2022
How belonging to a community helps us mitigate compassion fatigue
(and realize other helpful benefits)
by Rev. Sarah Bowen
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March 2022
The Stages of Becoming a Compassionate Vegan
by Angela Crawford, PhD, VCLE
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February 2022
Are Birds Real?
by Rev. Sarah Bowen

January 2022
Animals, Believers, and Compassion
by Victoria Moran

November 2021
Animal Liberation, Atheism and Spirituality
by guest essayist Jon Hochschartner

October 2021
Is it Time for Alternative Animal Blessings?
by Rev. Sarah Bowen

September 2021
My Life as an Animal Lawyer
by Ginny Mikita

Ginny K. Mikita, Mikita Kruse Law Center and Attorneys For Animals. (Image credit: WKTV)
August 2021
Are You A Compassionate Person?
by Rev. William Melton

Rev. William and Thunder discuss compassion
July 2021
The Birth of a Go(o)d Idea
by Rev. Carol Saunders
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