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I hope that's the right term.
Do you have one? Have they been helpful to you?
How does one find a spiritual director?
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Currently my spiritual director is my local priest. I believe that is how it is most commonly determined. When I began my search for a new parish some years ago...to me that was the first and foremost thing in my mind...after going without a spiritual guide for some number of years (as a priest once said to me "you can't give what ya don't got") the biggest thing I looked at, was: could this parish be a place of prayer and spiritual growth...and does it have a spiritual leader who is spiritual...
Now there are situations where the local parish priest won't do...for various reasons...eg...as a candidate to the priesthood in the late 1980's & early 1990's I was away at school so was not around my home parish...yet I wasn't weekly, at the local parish in Scranton either...I actually asked a priest about 2 hours away (with approval of the bishop and vocations director) to be my spiritual director and would spend several weeks a year (and several weekends in between) living in his rectory and working and praying at his parish while sitting with him 1 on 1 normally several times a day......Ahhhh...those were the days!!!
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Wow, that sounds nice!
Ok, so it's usually the local priest? Hmmm. I'll think about giving him a call I guess.
Thanks
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When I was Chrismated last year, my priest made it clear that he was my new "spiritual Father", as far as confession or any other spiritual matter.
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When I was Chrismated last year, my priest made it clear that he was my new "spiritual Father", as far as confession or any other spiritual matter. That sounds comforting to know. I guess I didn't (don't) think of my parish priest as a spiritual director. He has 6 parishes to take care of and is very busy.
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When I was Chrismated last year, my priest made it clear that he was my new "spiritual Father", as far as confession or any other spiritual matter. That sounds comforting to know. I guess I didn't (don't) think of my parish priest as a spiritual director. He has 6 parishes to take care of and is very busy. If you're in one of his six parishes, he is your spiritual father. If you doubt this, just ask him. 
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