Catholic Theologian

Interreligious Thinker

Ecofeminist

Educator

Spiritual Leader

Katie Mahowski Mylroie


 Katie is a Comparative Theology PhD candidate focusing on Hinduism and Christianity. Her dissertation focuses on the cycle of life, death, and resurrection in Christian theology (particularly that of Ivone Gebara). This project compares Christian ecofeminism and the Kali tradition of Hinduism to address the traditional tensions between life and death and between creation and salvation, to inspire a more integral liberation for all creation. Prior to joining the Theology Department, Katie was a Campus Minister and Spanish Teacher at Saint John’s High School in Shrewsbury, MA for three years where she enjoyed coordinating interfaith prayer services and both domestic and international service immersion trips. She, her husband Robert, and two children are members of Boston’s Community of Sant’Egidio.

Education

Ph.D., Comparative Theology, Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

2016-2024 (Expected) 

Minor concentration in Systematic Theology

Dissertation: “Cultivating Insight through Comparing Cycles:
How the Hindu Kali tradition can enrich the Christian understanding of life, death, and resurrection”

Committee: Catherine Cornille (Director), Francis X. Clooney, Mary Ann Hinsdale, and Margaret Guider

Apprenticeship in College Teaching Certificate (Expected 2023)

Boston College Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences Sixth-Year Fellowship (2021)

Endowed Martin Family Foundation Scholarship in Honor of St. John Paul (2020)


Master of Theological Studies, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (Brighton, MA)

2011-2013

BTIC Certificate in International Mission and Ecumenism


Bachelor of Arts, Religious Studies and Linguistics, University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

2008-2011

Summa cum laude

Spring semester 2009 in Christ College, Bangalore, India


Professional Experience

Regional Coordinator, Uberoi Foundation for Religious Studies

2022-present

Campus Minister and Spanish Teacher, Saint John’s High School (Shrewsbury, MA)

2013-2016