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Gift of place, challenge of displacement.(place and displacement in spirituality)(Cover Story)

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From: National Catholic Reporter
Date: 19961213
Author:Gibeau, Dawn

Speakers at a conference sponsored ty the Collegeville Pastoral Institute discussed the role of place and displacement in spirituality. Virgilio Elizondo described a birthplace as the start of a spiritual journey. Kathleen Norris stated that redemption is accepting one's inheritance.

Alvie has misplaced her place, but in the far reaches of her mind it still comforts her.

--Kathleen Norris: The Cloister Walk

Kathleen Norris, the Presbyterian poet who frequents monasteries and the author of Dakota: A Spiritual Geography; The Cloister Walk and other books, talked about place and ...

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