Grace Mariette Agolia is a doctoral candidate in Systematic Theology with a minor in History of Christianity. She is a native of Long Island, New York, and she previously studied theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (2019) and the University of Notre Dame (2017). Before beginning doctoral studies, Grace spent a year living in the L’Arche Daybreak community near Toronto. Her primary theological interest is ecclesiology, and her dissertation will focus on theology of ministry.

Grace has published articles in the peer-reviewed journals Philosophy & Theology (2020) and Worship (2017). She is a regular contributor to the pastoral publication, Give Us This Day, and she is the editor of Dr. Richard R. Gaillardetz's While I Breathe, I Hope: A Mystagogy of Dying (Liturgical Press, 2024).

She has also done research on the experiences of culturally Deaf Catholics across the United States, and she has engaged in catechetical formation, sacramental preparation, and liturgical ministries in various parishes. She serves on the board of directors for the L'Arche Boston North community in Haverhill, MA.