(RNS) — Sarah Bowen says she’s been doing the work of an animal chaplain since she was 6 years old.
In this image provided by WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, Scott Campbell, right, Veterinary Chaplain at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, looks on as people tie ribbons honoring pets that have passed away during the Garland Ceremony, that was part of a “Celebration of Life & Remembrance for Our Companion Animals” event on Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Pullman, Wash.
“The scale can really vary widely, but any place where there is a relationship between some number of humans and some number of animals, that is where an animal chaplain is going to work,” said Michael Skaggs, director of programs for the Though not always overt, faith is central to many animal chaplains’ practices. Some provide spiritual care for animals themselves, holding animal blessing events, praying for pets or being a grounding presence during euthanasia.
About every 10 days, Campbell said, he wanders throughout the teaching hospital, offering a listening ear to everyone from the veterinarians to folks working in shipping and receiving. A few years after Ellington died of cancer, Richards attended a Chaplaincy Innovation Lab webinar on animal chaplaincy hosted by Bowen, when something clicked. “I was like, I have to do this,” said Richards, who enrolled in Bowen’s online course on animal chaplaincy, hosted through the“People are often really surprised by how intensely they grieve.
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