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The Team

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Walter Plummer

  • 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

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Paul Carlson

  • 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

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

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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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Colleen Osterling​

  • 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

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Anne Marie Allen

  • 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

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​Luke Danis

  • Hometown: Dayton, OH (God's and the Air Force’s Favorite City)
  • Occupation: Seminarian for the Archdiocese of Dayton 
  • Year Joined Core: 2021
  • Favorite Saint: St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John the Beloved, St. Joseph, St. Francis Xavier
  • Favorite Bible Verse: Basically the entire Prologue to the Gospel of John, but in particular “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” and “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.”
  • ​Hobbies: Running, reading, playing piano, learning Japanese

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Katie LoBosco

  • 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!

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Josh Moore

  • 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) 

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Carl Jakubowski

  • 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

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Laura Potter

  • Hometown: Logan, OH
  • Occupation: Agent Success Manager
  • 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)

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Chris Turner

  • 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

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Pablo Guzman-Gomez

  • 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
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  • About
    • Mission
    • Team
    • Church Architecture
    • Media
    • News
    • Register
    • Give
    • 100th Anniversary
  • For Adults
    • Wanting to Become Catholic
    • Looking for a Prayer Group
    • Desiring Formation
    • Seeking to Serve
    • Needing Support
  • For Children & Youth
    • St. Gertrude School
    • Age 3 – Grade 3 (CGS) >
      • Sacramental Formation (Grade 2)
    • Grades 4 – 6 (Family Faith) >
      • Family Faith Resources >
        • Family Faith Resources 2020-2021
    • Grades 7 – 8 (L'alto: Jr High) >
      • L'alto: Confirmation (Gr. 7-8)
    • Grades 9 – 12 (L'alto: High School)
    • Liturgical Ministries for Youth >
      • Choir: Schola Cantorum
      • Choral Scholar Program
      • St. Anne and the Child Mary Guild
  • Sacraments & Worship
    • Mass & Confessions >
      • Sunday Worship Programs
      • Mass Intentions
    • Infant Baptism
    • Confirmation
    • Matrimony
    • Anointing of the Sick
    • Funerals & Bereavement
    • Eucharistic Adoration
    • The Music Program >
      • St. Gertrude Church Choirs
      • Music FAQs