Mary Grace and her family came to St. Peter's in the summer of 1998. She graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Ohio, in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology and a Bachelor of Science in Mental Health and Human Services. While at Franciscan University she joined the Secular Franciscan Order. She began leading music ministry groups in college. She has been leading choir at St. Peter's since 2002 and at St. Mark's since 2012; and was the office assistant and liturgy coordinator at St. Peter for several years. She was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but her parents are from Lima, Peru.