Youth Ministry Team

Laura Potter

Hometown: Logan, OH
Occupation: Coordinator of High School Ministry at St. Gertrude Church
Year Joined Core: 2022
Favorite Saint: St. Anthony of Padua, St. Vitus, Immaculate Heart of Mary
Favorite Bible Verse: "There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear." - 1 John 4:18; "Love one another intensely from a pure heart." - 1 Peter 1:22
Hobbies: Eating gelato at La Grassa, being in the sun, leading worship on guitar, rollerblading, trying to snuggle with my Lionhead Rabbit (Sister Theodore)

Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Occupation: Coordinator of Youth Formation at St. Gertrude Church
Year Joined Core: 2021
Favorite Saint: St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Moses the Black
Favorite Bible Verse: "One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: To dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life." - Psalm 27:4
Hobbies: Reading all the things, playing guitar, snacking

Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Occupation: Software Engineer
Year 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 Walter needs, hanging out with John Fussner

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: Baking, ukulele, succulents, going on walks, and ice cream

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

Hometown: Kalispell, MT
Occupation: RN at Bethesda North Hospital
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

Hometown: Sinking Spring, PA
Occupation: Replenishment Planner at The Hershey Company
Year Joined Core Team: 2021
Favorite Saint: St. Francis de Sales
Favorite Bible Verse: “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” - Jeremiah 29:11
Hobbies: Spending time with family, hanging out with friends, singing, hiking, running, shopping

Hometown: Crystal Lake, IL
Occupation: Music Therapist
Year Joined Core: 2021
Favorite Saint: St. Faustina
Favorite Bible Verse: “You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I praise you, because I am wonderfully made; wonderful are your works! My very self you know.” - Psalm 139: 13-14
Hobbies: Getting to know others, songwriting, dancing, and snuggling up with my cats, tea, and a good book!

Hometown: Seneca, South Carolina
Occupation: Team Lead at Target
Year Joined Core: 2021
Favorite Saint: St. Jerome
Favorite Bible Verse: "I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us." - Romans 8:18
Hobbies: I like to play video games, cooking, and spending time learning more about the Catholic faith (listening to podcasts/ talks/ and reading)

Hometown: Parma, OH (7th biggest city in Ohio by population)
Occupation: Musician
Year Joined Core: 2021
Favorite Saint: St. Joseph, St. Albert the Great, St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope St. John Paul II
Favorite Bible Verse: He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” - Luke 10:2
Hobbies: Playing and writing music, video games, camping/hiking/kayaking, driving around with nowhere to be, and hanging with the squad

Hometown: Perrysburg, OH
Occupation: Seminarian for the Diocese of Toledo (God willing, will be ordained to the priesthood June 2024
Year Joined Core: 2022
Favorite Saint: St. Paul
Favorite Bible Verse: "I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world." - John 16:33; "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; "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things,* nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 8:38-39; "The LORD has sought out a man after his own heart to appoint as ruler over his people because you did not observe what the LORD commanded you.” - 1 Sam 13:14; "See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the wilderness I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers." - Isaiah 43:19
Hobbies: Skiing, hiking, climbing mountains, and being bad at golf

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Occupation: Supply Chain Network Analyst at The Kroger Co.
Year Joined Core: 2022
Favorite Saint: St. John Chrysostom, St. Paul
Favorite Bible Verse: “Be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.” – 1 Corinthians 16:13
Hobbies: Weightlifting, running, reading