INTERFAITH SPIRITUAL CARE
Honoring The Sacred
Connection Of All
If you seek to make a difference in your lifetime, The Chaplaincy Institute can provide the education you need. For hospitals, hospice, disasters, prisons, corporations, military and educational, activist and environmental contexts, we teach the innovative and interfaith spiritual care needed for our times.
If you seek to make a difference in your lifetime, The Chaplaincy Institute can provide the education you need. For hospitals, hospice, disasters, prisons, corporations, miliary and educational, activist and environmental contexts, we teach the innovative and interfaith spiritual care needed for our times.


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About Our Online Programs
About Our Online Programs
You can receive our world-class education from any location, with most coursework offered online through Moodle and
weekend Zoom intensives. In addition to online work, students are required to attend one or two residential learning retreats
on the coast of California.

Interfaith Chaplaincy
Certificate Program
Through study, reflection, writing and engaging with others, students gain a broad understanding of the world’s faiths, while simultaneously deepening their relationship to their own spiritual traditions.

Interfaith Spiritual Direction
Certificate Program
Master the art of companioning people on their spiritual journey. This program is designed for those who feel called to a private practice in personal, one-on-one spiritual direction, and who anticipate working with clients from a variety of faith traditions.

Open Courses For
Continuing Education
Students, alumni, and professionals can select
from open courses to continue deepening their interfaith understanding and practice.

“After 45 years working in technology, The Chaplaincy Institute is where I chose to
begin the work for my next career as a chaplain. It has been a totally life-altering
experience. This is work I can do the rest of my life.”
“After 45 years working in technology, The Chaplaincy Institute is where I chose to
begin the work for my next career as a chaplain. It has been a totally life-altering
experience. This is work I can do the rest of my life.”
What do interfaith chaplains do?
Who Are We?
“The work of this school – the lives and the personal growth experienced by each and every student it touches – multiplies. I hold much hope for the wonderful unfolding and continual evolution of The Chaplaincy Institute – all for the greater good that CHI provides to the world.”
Rev. Gina Rose Halpern
Founder of The Chaplaincy Institute
Why hundreds of students have trusted
The Chaplaincy Institute for their interfaith education
Why hundreds of students have trusted The Chaplaincy Institute for their interfaith education
Many individuals enroll in this program to satisfy their longing and curiosity to live meaningful, engaged lives. Others
arrive feeling called to a specific area of spiritual leadership or service. Whether in traditional or emerging contexts,
this program prepares you to handle the individuals and issues in today’s increasingly intricate and diverse world.
Join hundreds of our students who successfully
lead and serve in an interfaith capacity
Join hundreds of our students who successfully lead and serve in an interfaith capacity
Become a professional chaplain or
spiritual director through online
interfaith education on your schedule
Become a professional chaplain or
community Minister through online
interfaith education on your schedule
This program combines the study of the world’s religions with an exploration of mystical paths and teachings, as well as on developing
skills for ministry and providing spiritual care.
Blog Reel
Blog Reel
A Message From The Deep Culture Hive | July 2022
Dearest ChI community, What a gift to come together on Thursday June 16th for the service on Faith, Chaplaincy and Reparative Justice. 20 beautiful ChI faces- current students, alumni, staff, faculty and board members, circled on zoom finding our way together through challenging and essential work for our world. If
The Chaplaincy Institute’s Stance on Roe vs. Wade
6/27/22 As you likely know, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling that overturned the 1973 Roe vs Wade ruling protecting the privacy of all Americans and making abortion health care legal in all 50 states. While this issue is one of the most polarizing,
A Message From The Deep Culture Hive | July 2022
Dearest ChI community, What a gift to come together on Thursday June 16th for the service on Faith, Chaplaincy and Reparative Justice. 20 beautiful ChI faces- current students, alumni, staff, faculty and board members, circled on zoom finding our way together through challenging and essential work for our world. If