Katie Davis-Crowder’s passions lay at the intersections of spirituality, social justice, and the arts. Born in the Philadelphia suburbs, Katie earned a Bachelor of Music in musical theatre with a writing minor from The Catholic University of America. As a Jesuit Volunteer, she served as the founding campus minister and drama teacher at Cristo Rey Jesuit College Prep in Houston. Katie holds a Master of Divinity from Loyola University Chicago and has worked as a high school theology teacher and campus and youth minister in Chicago for 15 years.

Katie collaborates with faith-justice communities as a presenter, retreat leader, singer, and writer. Certified by the Midwest Jesuits, she is grateful for the privilege of accompanying people in spiritual direction and in St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises. She serves on the Board of Directors of Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House and loves singing as a cantor and choir member at her parish, Ascension and St. Edmund in Oak Park, IL.

Alongside her students and colleagues, Katie has been shaped by numerous service immersion and pilgrimage experiences, including the Camino de Santiago, a Footsteps of Ignatius pilgrimage, and the Kino Border Initiative. Her most powerful musical memory so far is singing in the chorus of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and fellow members of her university chorus.

Katie’s home is with her partner Kevin—also a Catholic school teacher—and their sweet toddler and rambunctious rescue pup. She is grateful as ever for her family and her mentors at Merion Mercy Academy and BVM School in PA for having encouraged her to cultivate and share her authentic voice as a young woman in the Church.