Interfaith. Interspiritual. Interspecies.
Join us on May 18th, 2025 for our next Sunday Service. We'll share our commitment to interspecies spirituality through reflection, meditation, music, fellowship, and a special conversation with Hope and Cogen Bohanec.
Hope and Cogen Bohanec are long-time voices for compassion, sustainability, and ethical living, blending spiritual devotion with tireless activism. Deeply inspired by the teachings of Bhakti yoga and the philosophy of ahimsa (nonviolence), they have found alignment and kinship with the values of the broader Vaishnava tradition.
Hope is the Executive Director of Compassionate Living and author of The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat?, a powerful exposé on the realities of animal agriculture. With over 25 years in the animal protection movement, she is known for her thoughtful, heart-centered advocacy and her ability to connect spiritual principles with real-world action.
Cogen Bohanec has his PhD in religious studies with an emphasis on Hinduism and a Master’s Degree in Buddhist Studies. He is currently a professor with Arihanta Institute, a Jain Research and Learning Institution, teaching Sanskrit and Dharma Ethics.
Together, he and Hope offer workshops, talks, and sacred music that uplift consciousness and inspire deeper connections with all living beings.
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Whether speaking on the ethics of veganism, leading spiritual discussion, or chanting in kirtan, the Bohanecs embody a vision of compassionate living rooted in both modern awareness and timeless spiritual truths.
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
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.
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.
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