Need a spiritual director!

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I would like to have a spiritual director, but all the priests are so busy, it takes forever to get to talk to one, I don’t have the time to travel far or the money to pay for one, I would if I did. Any suggestions?
 
Dave,
  1. Contact your local parish. If they can’t recommend someone try the diocesan headquarters.
  2. Alot of college campus’ have Newman Centers. The next post will have a list for the midwest area.
  3. Religious orders (convents, monasteries, retreat centres, etc.) are also good places to ask. I found my SD at the local shrine(he’s an OMI).
Hope this helps.
 
Midwest Newman Centers (Part 1):


  1. *]Bowling Green State University (St. Thomas More Parish)
    *]Bradley University Newman Center
    *]Clarke College Campus Ministry
    *]Case Western Reserve Univ. Newman CSA
    *]Central Michigan University (St Mary’s Parish)
    *]Creighton University Campus Ministry
    *]DePaul University Campus Ministry
    *]Drake Newman Community
    *]Eastern Illinois University Newman Catholic Center
    *]Eastern Michigan Univ. Holy Trinity Student Chapel
    *](http://www.fontbonne.edu/campmin.html)
    *]Heidelberg College Newman Club
    *]Illinois State University Newman Center
    *]Indiana University Newman Center
    *]Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Newman Student Group
    *]Indiana State U. & Rose-Hulman Tech Catholic Campus Center
    *]Iowa State University Catholic Student Community
    *]John Carroll University Campus Ministry(Ohio)
    *]Loyola University (Chicago) Campus Ministry
    *]Marquette University Ministry
    *]Moorhead State University Newman Center
    *]North Dakota State Univ. Newman Center
 
I have found that nuns are very good at spiritual direction. We have an Order near by that practices Perpetual Adoration. They have a very good reputation for spiritual direction. Hope you have such an order near you.

Good luck,
Deacon Tony SFO
 
I had a nun as a spiritual director for awhile. It didn’t work out for me. Mainly because she focused on going to daily mass. What I’ve been needing is someone to guide me in living the faith day by day. Like, how to respond to people and how to be devout without going overboard. See, it isn’t alway easy to get to morning mass. Some days I can’t get up in time because of the time I got home and into bed. Other days, my schedule otherwise makes it impossible.

The right spiritual director, I have found, is like finding a good counselor. Sometimes it takes awhile to find the proper “fit.”
 
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