I was born in Norwood where my family attended St Matthew until we moved above our bakery in Oakley and finished grade school at St Cecilia. 

We all (6 Kids) worked in the shop but it came with many perks, all the cookies you could eat and the simple joy of shared days together and all they brought with them. 

High school was at Purcell and my education continued at Xavier, the Army/National Guard and after, I entered the seminary in '65 - St Gregory and Mt St Mary. 

Ordained in 1973, my assignments have been at Holy Family/Our Lady of Grace and teaching at Seton High School, St Mary in Hyde park while working at Ursuline, Marian and Marian/Purcell (found my old locker).  I was then transferred to St Catharine in Western Hills followed by 13 years at St Elizabeth Ann Seton in Mt Repose (on Buckwheat Road) and now am beginning my 8th year at St Ann and it has been great. 

Hobbies include sports, theater, travel, literature, baking, construction (luckily), all kind of board games and cards, physical fitness and film with popcorn. 

I am truly enjoying my stay at St Ann.  Having Father Tony to share the Parish is a great blessing as are all of you as well as the Franciscans next door. 

I was born and raised in Cheviot, Ohio  I attended St Martin Grade School. This class of 1956 celebrated their 50th anniversary last year. 

Also in 1956 I entered St Gregory High School Seminary.  In 1962 I began studies in Philosophy and Theology at Mount St Mary of the West in Norwood, Ohio.  I was ordained in 1968.  Besides seminary studies, I have attended Xavier University and the University of Windsor. 

These are some of parishes and institutions that I have served.  They are: Assumption, St James, St Lawrence, St Vincent De Paul, St Catherine, St Louis, St Teresa of Avila, Christ the King and currently St Ann Groesbeck.  I have also taught 2 years  at Badin  and 18 years at Elder High School. 

Besides teaching, I was in pastoral care at Mercy Hospital Anderson.  I'm currently part-time at Deaconess and have been on their staff for 9 years.  

Hobbies include exercising, enjoying the outdoors, music, going downtown and enjoying Lake Erie.  At St Ann I enjoy working with the Staff and the people who work in the various ministries, 

St Ann has developed over 50 years, a wholesome spirit.  It's people are faith filled, friendly, hard working and generous with their time and talent.

I was raised in Anderson Township and attended Immaculate Heart of Mary Grade School and McNicholas High School. 

My college days were spent at Edgecliff College '83 (B.S.) and Xavier University '89 (M.Ed).  Hobbies include swimming, reading and piano. 

I began working at St Ann in September of '99 and really enjoy getting to know all of the children here.  I feel blessed to work at St Ann School.

Flo Fisse - Administrative Assistant

I was raised in Cheviot and attended St Martin Grade School and Western Hills High School. 

Before employment at St Ann in 1960, I gained experience in many phases of business while working at a school textbook company, a men's hosiery manufacturing company, a temp agency and in a law office.  In 1954 I began working as a volunteer at St Ann and in 1960 became a paid staff member. 

My husband's name is Bob and I have 3 sons, 2 daughters-in-law and 1 grandson.  My hobbies include dinner or lunch with family and/or friends, sports, crossword puzzles and reading. 

My pleasant experiences at St Ann are too many to list!  We have a Parish second to none!! 

Diane Ferrier - Director of  Religious Education

I grew up in Pleasant Ridge, attended Nativity Grade School  Regina High School, Edgecliff College and Xavier University. 

We became parishioners at St Ann in 1970.  I started volunteering in the Preschool Program by teaching and writing the curriculum from 1972-1975.  I became Coordinator of the CCD Program in 1980 and stayed in that position until 1990 when Father Bill Kennedy hired me as Director of Religious Education.

My husband's name is Richard and I have 4 children and 9 grandchildren. Hobbies include reading mysteries, gardening and antiquing.

I have enjoyed meeting such wonderful people at St Ann.  I have been most fortunate that the pastors and staff I have worked with are truly good people and have allowed me to grow in my faith and therefore in my ministry. 

Peter J.,Morabito - Director of Pastoral Music

PETER J. MORABITO, Saint Ann Parish’s Director of Pastoral Music, came to our parish in the fall of 1984.  Originally from Butler, Pennsylvania, he came to Cincinnati to pursue his degrees in music at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  He earned his Bachelor of Music (in Composition) in 1980 and his Master of Music (in Choral Conducting) in 1984, about three weeks after coming to Saint Ann.  He studied Composition with F. Scott Huston, Alan Sapp, and Norman Dinerstein; his Choral studies were under the baton of Elmer Thomas, Earl Rivers, and John Leman.  He and his wife, Teresa, have been married since 1985, and they are the proud parents of three sons.  Mr. Morabito oversees the musical program of Saint Ann, accompanies the major liturgies of the Church year, and directs the Saint Ann Chorale, our thirty-plus-voice parish choir.  He also teaches Liturgical Music class to the first through fourth grades in our school.

Known throughout the area as liturgical musician, conductor, accompanist, composer, and vocalist, he has served as assistant director of the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati, in which he was also a singing member for several years; director of the ecumenical choir of the Northwest Carolfest; accompanist and conductor of the Cincinnati Choral Society; accompanist for Finneytown, Summit Country Day School, Loveland, Winton Woods, and Moeller High Schools; accompanist and assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Boychoir, and a member of the cantorial choir of Rockdale Temple.  He also served as Co-Director of “Crosstown Harmony,” a sixty-voice choir made up of choir members from Saint Ann Church, Nativity Parish, and the Cincinnati Northwestern Chorale Summer Chorus which made a musical tour of Italy in the summer of 2001.  His compositions have been performed by the Athenaeum Chorale (Mt. St. Mary Seminary), Cincinnati Camerata, Northwest Carolfest Choir, Cincinnati Boychoir, and various church choirs throughout greater Cincinnati. In fact, much of the service music which we sing here at Saint Ann has been composed by Mr. Morabito, including three complete settings of the Mass, "Mass in Honor of Mary Magdalene," "Mass in Honor of Maximillian Kolbe," and "Mass in Honor of the Victims of War," and many other pieces of liturgical and other sacred music.  His choral work, “This Is My Song,” has been published by the Kjos Publishing Corporation, in a treble-voice version, and a mixed-choir edition is planned for the near future.

In the summer of 1992, Mr. Morabito founded the Colerain Summer Chorus, which eventually blossomed into the Cincinnati Northwestern Chorale, a community choir which rehearses here at Saint Ann, and performs three concerts during the year, one in the summer (70-80 voices!) and two during the regular concert season with an ensemble of around thirty-five singers. 

Tim Clifford - Business Manager

I was raised in Skyline Acres, attended Houston Elementary, Colerain High School and Indiana University.

On August 1, 1998 I began my career at St Ann and now I am currently the Business Manager. 

My wife Kelly, who is a St Ann graduate, and I have 3 children.  In my spare time my hobbies include golf, softball and coaching.

My most pleasant experiences at St Ann were watching my kids grow up and converting to Catholicism.

Diana Reckner - Secretary

My career at St Ann began in 1991.  I attended St James Grade School, McAuley High School and Edgecliff College. 

My husband Tom and I were married  at St Ann in 2001.  My hobbies are travel, stamping, gardening, singing and spending time with friends. 

St Ann is a warm and friendly parish and I love the liturgies.  Before I came to St Ann 13 some years ago, I was searching for a home to practice my religion, needless to say I found it!