Miriam Therese Winter
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Sister Miriam Therese Winter, M.M.S.
, (born Gloria Winter; 1938, Passaic, New Jersey
) is a Roman Catholic Medical Mission Sister
, theologian, writer and songwriter (e.g. "Joy Is Like the Rain" (1966), "Knock Knock" (1968), and "Wellspring of Wisdom" (1989)).
"Joy Is Like the Rain" is primarily acoustic music. All songs contain striking vocals. 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.
Medical Mission Sisters
The Medical Mission Sisters are a religious congregation of women in the Roman Catholic Church founded in 1925 and dedicated to providing the poor of the world better access to health care. They were formerly officially known as the "Society of the Catholic Medical Missions".-History:The...
, (born Gloria Winter; 1938, Passaic, New Jersey
Passaic, New Jersey
Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 Census population of 67,861...
) is a Roman Catholic Medical Mission Sister
Medical Mission Sisters
The Medical Mission Sisters are a religious congregation of women in the Roman Catholic Church founded in 1925 and dedicated to providing the poor of the world better access to health care. They were formerly officially known as the "Society of the Catholic Medical Missions".-History:The...
, theologian, writer and songwriter (e.g. "Joy Is Like the Rain" (1966), "Knock Knock" (1968), and "Wellspring of Wisdom" (1989)).
"Joy Is Like the Rain" is primarily acoustic music. All songs contain striking vocals. 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.
Selected books
- Out of the Depths: The Story of Ludmila JavorováLudmila JavorováLudmila Javorová is a Czech Roman Catholic woman who worked in the underground church during the time of communist rule in Czechoslovakia and served as a vicar general of a clandestine bishop...
, 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 StudiesGender studiesGender studies is a field of interdisciplinary study which analyses race, ethnicity, sexuality and location.Gender study has many different forms. One view exposed by the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir said: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one"...
in 1995)
External links
- Sister Miriam Therese's homepage http://mtwinter.hartsem.edu/
- The Women-Church Movement, an essay by Winterhttp://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=849
- Medical Mission Sisters http://www.medicalmissionsisters.org/music.htm