Megan Dickert

• Hometown: Loveland, OH
  
• Occupation: Director of High School Evangelization at St. Gertrude
  
• Year Joined Core: 2016
  
• Favorite Saint: St. Thomas the Apostle, Mother Teresa, and Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: "Be still and know that I am God!" - Psalm 46:11
  
• Hobbies: going on adventures, embracing the beauty of nature, basketball, cooking, reading, skiing
  

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DJ Bodziony 

• Hometown: Strongsville, OH
  
• Occupation: Financial Analyst, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
  
• Year Joined Core: 2012
  
• Favorite Saint: Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. John Paul II (basically I love all the saints!)
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: “Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong. Your every act should be done with love.” - 1 Corinthians 16: 13-14
  
• Hobbies: Board games, Cedar Point/Kings Island, Cleveland Sports, Cooking, Waterparks, Xavier Basketball
  

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Paul Carlson

• Hometown: Baltimore, MD
  
• Occupation: Sofware Engineer
  
• Years Joined Core: 2009
  
• Favorite Saint: St. Philip Neri
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: "We work together for your joy, for you stand firm in the faith" - 2 Corinthians 1:24
  
• Hobbies: wielding a mallet (AKA...setting up 9-square), building anything that Brad needs, hanging out with John Fussner
  

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Naomi Coutinho ​

• Hometown: Findlay, Ohio
  
• Occupation: Chemistry Grad Student at UC
  
• Year Joined Core: 2020
  
• Favorite Saint: St. Maria Goretti
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid." John 14:27
  
• Hobbies: I enjoy baking, ukulele, succulents, going on walks, and I'm always down for ice cream
  

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Monica Defosse 

• Hometown: Wellsboro PA
  
• Occupation: Poor College Student
  
• Year Joined: 2020
  
• Favorite Saint: hmmm.....St Paul, St Edith Stein, Pier Giorgio, Elizabeth of Hungary, JPII, there are too many haha
  
• Favorite Bible verse: “‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.” - Romans 13:9-10
  
• Hobbies: Reading, Knitting, Working out, Cooking, Spending time with people I love, volunteering, Bible study
  

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Tom Dorsey

• Hometown: The Booming Metropolis of Marion, Ohio
  
• Occupation: Sales Rep
  
• Year Joined: 2014
  
• Favorite Saint: Padre Pio
  
• Favorite Bible verse: “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed.” - Matthew 8:8
  
• Hobbies: Telling corny dad jokes
  

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Monica Hemmelgarn ​

• Hometown: Maria Stein, OH (aka God's Country)
  
• Occupation: ICU nurse at Cincinnati Children's hospital
  
• Year Joined Core: 2020!!
  
• Favorite Saint: St. Bernadette
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: "Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection." -Colossians 3:12-14
  
• Hobbies: Camping, biking, walking (especially with friends), watering my plants, meeting new folks, playing my ukulele, swing dancing :)
  

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Colleen Hoag ​

• Hometown: Kalispell, MT
  
• Occupation: Neonatal RN at Cincinnati Children's
  
• Year Joined Core: 2017
  
• Favorite Saint: St. Claire, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Maria Faustina, and St Thomas Aquinas
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: "but the centurion said, 'Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.'" - Matthew 8:8
  
• Hobbies: Rafting, hiking, camping, reading, enjoying the outdoors, knitting, and spending time with family and friends.
  

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Benj Klare ​

• Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
• Occupation: Anti-Pornography, Archdiocese of Cincinnati
• Year Joined Core: 2018
• Favorite Saint: St. Padre Pio
• Favorite Bible Verse: "... while we were yet sinners Christ died for us" - Romans 5:8
• Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends, reading, playing any type of game, singing, etc... If you've got any good ideas of fun things to do, let me know haha.

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Abbie Kohler ​

• Hometown: Moorhead, MN
  

• Occupation: NET Ministries Eastern Region Scheduling Administrator
  
• Year Joined Core: 2018
  
• Favorite Saint: St. Anthony of Padua
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: "The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still" - Exodus 14:14
  
• Hobbies: Anything fun! Adventure. Discovery. People. Prayer.
  

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Gabby Kromer ​

• Hometown: Grand Ledge, Michigan
  

• Occupation: Intervention Specialist at St. Cecilia Catholic School
  
• Year Joined Core: 2020
  
• Favorite Saint: Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, St. Francis, St. Thomas the Apostle
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: "Be still and know that I am God." - Psalm 46:10
  
• Hobbies: Hiking, camping, gardening, trying new plant-based recipes, thrift shopping
  

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Griffin Morris ​

• Hometown: Fargo, ND
  
• Occupation: Tech company
  
• Year Joined Core: 2020 (there is no time like the present!)
  
• Favorite Saint: St. Columba
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves." - Matthew 10:16
  
• Hobbies: Golf, sand volleyball, board games
  

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Michelle Ragusa ​

• Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
  
• Occupation: Registered Nurse (Foster Care/Child Welfare), Cincinnati Children's
  
• Year Joined Core: 2020
  
• Favorite Saint: St. Mary Magdalene, St. Gianna
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: "It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you." John 15:16
  
• Hobbies: Reading, playing outside, skiing (I'm on Ski Patrol at Perfect North Slopes in IN!), watching my little brother, Dominic's sporting events (he's in junior high youth ministry!), playing games, cooking, and spending time with loved ones.
  

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 Anne Marie Schmidt ​

• Hometown: Florence/Independence, KY
  
• Occupation: Occupational Therapist
  
• Year Joined Core: 2014
  
• Favorite Saint: St Therese of Lisieux (and also I'll give a shout out to Mama Mary, St Joseph, St Anne, and St Teresa of Calcutta!)
  
• Favorite Bible Verse(s): "We love because He first loved us." - 1 John 4:19 and " you did not received a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption through which we cry 'Abba, Father!'" - Romans 8:15
  
• Hobbies: praying & playing, singing & dancing, hanging & talking with people, traveling, reading
  

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Chris Turner

• Hometown: Perrysburg, Ohio
  
• Occupation: Seminarian
  
• Year Joined Core: 2018
  
• Favorite Saint: St. Paul
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: “A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” - John 10:10
  
• Hobbies: Traveling, hiking, climbing mountains, going to concerts
  

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Bryan Wells ​

• Hometown: Bloomington, IN
  
• Occupation: Director of Jr. High Evangelization
  
• Year Started at St. Gertrude: 2017
  
• Favorite Saint: Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
  
• Favorite Bible Verse: "I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly." - John 10:10
  
• Hobbies: Falling down the Austrian Alps, summiting Nicaraguan volcanoes and everything in-between.
  

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Megan Wells

• Hometown: Bowling Green, KY
• Occupation: Speech Language Pathologist
• Year Joined Core: 2020 - woohoo!
• Favorite Saint: St. Catherine Laboure, JP2, St. Gianna
• Favorite Bible Verse: “Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!” Philippians 4:4
• Hobbies: I enjoy traveling, running, hand lettering, and eating sweets!