Rhonda Miska is a preacher, teacher, spiritual director, writer, and lay ecclesial minister, currently serving as Communication Director at the Church of St. Timothy in the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis. She is concurrently pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry in Preaching from the Aquinas Institute of Theology.

Rhonda holds an MA from the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry and a certificate in spiritual direction from the Spiritual Direction Institute. She has served in parishes, universities, retreat centers, and served as a Jesuit Volunteer in Nicaragua from 2002-2004. Rhonda has served on the advisory board of Catholic Women Preach since its inception. She is the founder and co-convener of the Catholic Women’s Preaching Circe, a peer community of Catholic women supporting and accompanying one another in breaking open God’s Word. She is active with Discerning Deacons, a movement to engage Catholics in discernment around the restoration of the diaconate to women in the Roman Catholic Church. Her writing has appeared in Catholic Women Speak: Bringing Our Gifts to the Table (Paulist Press, 2016), Pope Francis Lexicon (Collegeville, 2018), and Catholic Women Preach: Raising Voices, Renewing the Church (2022), Green Saints for a Green Generation (2024). She has also published in various print and online publications including America, U.S. Catholic, and Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry. Rhonda is fluent in English, Spanish and French and highly proficient in American Sign Language.

Rhonda’s passion for preaching was nurtured during participation in the Boston area spoken-word scene while she was studying at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Being a theology student by day and spoken word poet by night ignited passion to bring voice to God’s love and journey of discipleship. Her commitment to preaching led her to discern vowed life with the Order of Preachers and she was in formation with Dominican Sisters from 2016-2020. When she isn’t doing ministry, she enjoys kayaking on Minnesota’s many beautiful lakes, cooking with fresh produce from local farmers markets, and doing short-form improv comedy.