In this 2017 John McKendy Memorial Lecture, Dr. Janet Ruffing, RSM, discussed spiritual direction as a narrative process, recognized or not, in which the directee tells his or her sacred tale in the interaction with a spiritual director who significantly affects the unfolding of this serial narrative of lived faith. At a time, when directees have unprecedented access to genealogical information and also live in or make retreats in a variety of places, how do these new experiences affect their identity spiritually and socially? Do they become integrated into the ongoing narrative of identity or not?

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精神指导叙事中的祖先，场所和身份

在2017年约翰·麦肯迪纪念演讲中，RSM的珍妮特·鲁芬博士讨论了精神指导是一个叙事过程，无论该过程是否得到认可，在该过程中，导演在与精神导演的互动中讲述了他或她的神圣故事，这极大地影响了导演的发展。这种对生活信念的系列叙述。一次，当董事们前所未有地获得家谱信息，并且在不同的地方生活或撤退时，这些新经历如何在精神上和社会上影响他们的身份？它们是否融入正在进行的身份叙事中？