Fr. Jeremiah Myriam Shryock CFR, is from Barto, PA and entered the Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in 2002. He was ordained a priest in 2011 by Cardinal Timothy Dolan in St. Patricks’ Cathedral in New York City and several years later completed studies in spiritual direction at Our Lady of Divine Providence school of spiritual direction in Clearwater, FL.

Throughout his time as a Franciscan he has participated in his community’s charism of hands on work with the poor and preaching, while also directing and preaching retreats all across the country and serving as a spiritual director.

He currently lives in San Juan Diego Friary in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He is the author of Amid Passing Things: Life, Prayer, and Relationship with God (2019), Mary and the Interior Life (2023), and Let Him Lead: Following Jesus in the Gospels (2025).