Miriam Brown, OP
Miriam Brown, OP, a Sinsinawa Dominican, is a spiritual guide, retreat facilitator, and presenter on current spirituality themes. Miriam holds a master’s degree in Religious Studies from Fordham University and directed an ecumenical organization for 13 years. Miriam has an eye for the Spirit’s movement in the world and flowing in each person’s precious life.
Upcoming Programs by Miriam Brown, OP
Nurturing Life's Blessings 2026
Also With Diane Poplawski, OP, Linda Wieser, OSF, Marianne Kempa, SSND and Stephanie Mondello
Embrace and nurture life’s blessings, all of them, in a silent retreat for women tailored to your individual encounter with the Holy. Opening special spiritual themes, each day includes a brief morning reflection and shared evening prayer. Everyone is offered a daily meeting one-on-one with a spiritual guide and silent time for solitude. Each day is a blessing. During registration you will […]
Grace to Bear Light in a Stormy World
We come together in these challenging times to share our graces and strengthen our light in the world. Jesus drew people together to unite them in love, and sent them forth with fresh flames in their hearts. What do you find keeps you in-spirited? Strengthened by the witness of mystics and prophets before and around […]
Spirituality Alive: Poetry for Our Souls
We all need to take time for reflection and savoring. Poetry leads us into “the heights and depths” of human life: its ecstasy, poignancy, faith, wonder, humor, grief, love. These evenings as we read special poems together, our souls will touch the Holy Mystery that holds us all. Both evenings we will reflect on poems […]
Eyes to See, Hearts to Feel
Jesus prayed that we may have eyes to see. With goosebumps, tears, or excited hearts, there have been times we have felt the touch of Divine Mystery - in a blossoming tree, a family celebration, the generosity of another, a challenging call, a wail of grief, a movement to “protect our neighbors.” This is the […]
And Jesus Said, "Blessed Are You" - A Lenten Retreat Day
Like the people who gathered on the mountainside to listen to Jesus, we gather by Siena’s lakeside for Lenten renewal of our love and commitment. Jesus saw in the people both fatigue and hope and he honored this in his Beatitudes. We too may come feeling “poor in spirit, hungering and thirsting for justice, needing […]
Blessed Elderhood
Yes, each of us is “getting older.” We have moved through our teen years and vocation discernment and have managed work, family, and national ups and downs. Every life stage has been “full of grace” and challenge. For some of us, elderhood offers new graces and calls. We move forward with life-earned perspectives and spiritual […]
Nurturing Life's Blessings 2027
Also With Diane Poplawski, OP, Linda Wieser, OSF, Marianne Kempa, SSND and Stephanie Mondello
Embrace and nurture life’s blessings, all of them, in a silent retreat for women tailored to your individual encounter with the Holy. Opening special spiritual themes, each day includes a brief morning reflection and shared evening prayer. Everyone is offered a daily meeting one-on-one with a spiritual guide and silent time for solitude. Each day is a blessing. During registration you will […]