chaplains
Animal chaplains offer spiritual care for every species
By Kathryn Post — March 8, 2024
(RNS) — 'This is beyond animal blessings and pet funerals,' said animal chaplain Sarah Bowen.
Florida considers allowing volunteer chaplains in public schools
By Brendan Farrington — February 7, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The only requirements of a chaplain participating in a school program would be a background check and having their name and religious affiliation listed on the school website.
In ‘Three Chaplains,’ Muslim military chaplains find resilience in faith
By Kathryn Post — November 3, 2023
(RNS) — The new documentary, premiering on PBS Nov. 6, finds unexpected resonance with its interfaith message amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Texas Legislature passes bill allowing chaplains in public schools
By Jack Jenkins — May 10, 2023
(RNS) — ‘I worry that this bill will lead to Christian nationalists infiltrating our public schools and indoctrinating our students,’ said Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat and Presbyterian seminarian.
Chaplains offer more than prayers: New study confirms impact on ICU families
By Kathryn Post — February 15, 2023
(RNS) — One research chaplain called the new data ‘a V8 engine for the kind of work we do.’
How the role and visibility of chaplains changed over the past century
By Wendy Cadge and Michael Skaggs — June 1, 2022
(The Conversation) — Chaplaincy emerged as a professional field in the mid-20th century. In the years since, their roles have evolved and they have also come to include many diverse religious traditions.
American Airlines dubbed most faith-friendly Fortune 500 company
By Kathryn Post — May 23, 2022
(RNS) — 'You just cannot compartmentalize the things that are your core value,' said Greg McBrayer, American Airlines chaplain.
Buddhist chaplains on the rise in US, offering broad appeal
By Gosia Wozniacka — May 16, 2022
(RNS) — More than 40% of Buddhist chaplains work in health care, a recent report found, while others serve in schools, in prisons or as self-employed counselors.
Muslim chaplains forge a new way of thinking about Islam in secular places
By Kathryn Post — April 4, 2022
(RNS) — A new book, 'Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North America,' shows how a field that even many Muslims are unfamiliar with is finding its voice everywhere.
Blocked from serving their church, Catholic women push for female deacons
By Yonat Shimron — September 14, 2021
(RNS) — There is growing momentum to restore women to the diaconate, which would allow women to serve as Catholic chaplains in prisons, hospitals and other settings.
Chaplain provides friendly face, spiritual and mental support to Olympians amid unusual Games
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 6, 2021
(RNS) — 'We are much quicker to recognize mental or spiritual needs as being as important as physical,' said Stuart Weir of Verite Sport.
Army makes history promoting Black woman chaplain to colonel
By Adelle M. Banks — September 3, 2020
(RNS) — Chaplain (Col.) Monica R. Lawson said: ‘just in case you didn’t figure it out, it took us 245 years for this moment to happen.’
In emerging role, chaplains are providing spiritual care for activists in movements across the nation
By Alejandra Molina — July 23, 2020
(RNS) — Movement chaplains are providing spiritual and emotional care to activists before, during and after a protest or demonstration.
Watchdog seeks discipline for Army chaplain who shared John Piper coronavirus book
By Adelle M. Banks — May 7, 2020
(RNS) — The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is representing 22 chaplains who objected to an email with the book that ties the coronavirus to God’s judgment.
In pandemic, health care chaplains address an ‘existential and spiritual crisis’
By Alejandra Molina — March 20, 2020
(RNS) — Chaplains in hospitals and retirement homes are discovering the nature of their ministry due to the coronavirus outbreak, when patients and medical staff alike are dealing with stress and isolation.
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