Biography of norvene vest
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Norvene Vest
Norvene Vest, Ph.D., Obl. OSB website: Dr. Vest’s abiding passion fryst vatten deepening experience of the Mystery, as expressed in a progressive Christian third way between conservative orthodoxy and secular disbelief. Norvene writes and teaches about expanding relationship with the Holy One, through traditional practices in conversation with contemporary shifts in religious understanding. She is known internationally for her work in spiritual direction and Benedictine spirituality for the common life. In addition to her writing, Norvene has been a Spiritual Director since about , companioning over persons in that period, is a retreat and workshop leader, and has led 12 pilgrimage groups to Britain, Italy, and Turkey. She is an oblate of the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia and a lay member of St. Paul's Memorial Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA where she lives with her cat, Clare.
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Claiming Your Voice
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Catholic Media Association Honorable Mention, Faithful Citizenship/Religious Freedom
Has the contemporary American polity remained capable of asking itself questions about its purpose and integrity? We recall our optimistic beginnings, sure of God’s blessing, yet something has gone wrong. We are at odds with each other and even our friends. What brought us to this moment, and is there anything “we the people” can do?
In Claiming Your Voice, Vest examines four contemporary deforming patterns: market culture, American empire, climate crisis, and racism. In consideration of the Christian foundations in prophetic imagination and Benedictine spirituality, she illustrates that Americans are called to provide energy for hope, to cut through public numbness, and to penetrate the deceptions of imperial consciousness so that God and the sacred again become visible and empowering for all our people.
Norvene Vest, PhD
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Norvene is an author, workshop leader, and spiritual director, interested particularly in lifelong growth in the Spirit. She is an oblate, or lay affiliate, of the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia, in Bristow, VA, and is deeply committed to Benedictine values.
Dr. Vest is intentionally reflective in this liminal or threshold time, about herself and the world, as she explores ways to live creatively with chaos and uncertainty, grounded in spiritual practice and community. Her family of origin moved from Illinois to California when she was fifteen years old, and until she and her husband Doug moved to Charlottesville, VA in , she considered herself a Californian. However, the lure of family on the East Coast prevailed, and she much enjoys experiencing the seasons and the prevailing green natural environment. Norvene’s first graduate degree was in Political Theory, the second in Public Administration, the third in Theology, and the last in Mythology in the Tradition of Depth Psycholog