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.

Clergy or officiants differ from chaplains in that the clergy serve the members of their congregation, while chaplains are usually employed by an institution such as the military, a hospital or other health care facility, etc.

Simply stated, chaplains offer spiritual care in the clinical setting. "Spiritual care" has to do with issues of meaning, hope, and transcendence that are often more pronounced during illness, injury, birth and death.

A chaplain is a certified clergy member who provides spiritual care for individuals in a non-religious organization rather than a church congregation. A pastor, on the other hand, is an ordained clergy member who works in one religious organization, such as a church or parish.