Question: Facts: - alt: photo of joyce rupp - subject: prayer , spiritual and psychological growth , grief - genre: spirituality , poetry , memoir - birth date: june 8 , 1943 - name: '' ' joyce rupp '' ' - nationality: american - occupation: writer conference speaker , spiritual '' midwife , '' retreat and Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joyce rupp .
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sister joyce rupp , o.s.m. , is an award-winning author who is well known for her work as a spiritual '' midwife '' and retreat and conference speaker .she has led retreats throughout north america , as well as in europe , asia , africa , australia , and new zealand .she is also the co-director of the institute of compassionate presence , a member of the servite order , and a volunteer for hospice .joyce has a bachelor of arts degree in english , a master of arts degree in transpersonal psychology , and a master of religious education degree .she currently resides in des moines , iowa .