Miriam Therese Winter

Sister Miriam Therese Winter MMS (born Gloria Winter; 1938, Passaic, New Jersey) is a Roman Catholic Medical Mission Sister, theologian, writer and songwriter. Her hymns include "Joy Is Like the Rain" (1966), "Knock Knock" (1968), and "Wellspring of Wisdom" (1989).^[1]

"Joy Is Like the Rain" is primarily acoustic music. The recording was very popular amongst evangelicals in Britain. "Knock Knock" was similarly popular. It introduced two electric instruments: a guitar, a bass guitar and also added drums on some songs.^{[citation needed]}

She currently teaches at Hartford Seminary as Professor of Liturgy, Worship, Spirituality and Feminist Studies.^[2]

Selected books[]

• Out of the Depths: The Story of Ludmila Javorová, Ordained Roman Catholic Priest (2001) Crossroad
• The Singer and the Song: An Autobiography of the Spirit (1999) Orbis Books
• The Chronicles of Noah and Her Sisters: Genesis and Exodus According to Women (1995) Crossroad
• Defecting in Place: Women Claiming Responsibility for Their Own Spiritual Lives (1994) Crossroad (Catholic Press Association Second Place Award for Books on Gender Studies in 1995)

References[]

External links[]

• Sister Miriam Therese's homepage
• The Women-Church Movement, an essay by Winter
• Medical Mission Sisters

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