About the Facilitators
Martha Ross-Mockaitis
Martha Ross-Mockaitis has been quilting since high school. She studied studio art and K- 12 education at the College of Wooster, OH, completed a year of graduate school in art and education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and taught art in Baraboo WI, all the while designing & making machine pieced quilts. Martha attended seminary, started her family and worked as a pastor as she took classes at quilt shops in Chicago’s suburbs and discovered quilt guilds in 2009. After retiring in 2014, she began to quilt in earnest. She also enjoys knitting, embroidery and sewing for three adult sons and four grandchildren.
Vicky Curtiss
Vicky Curtiss is the Program Director for Siena Retreat Center, which involves leading retreats, arranging for programs, and offering spiritual guidance. She has an M. Div. from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago and served the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for forty years as an ordained clergy in the roles of pastor, spiritual director, and presbytery executive. She has also been the director of three faith-based non-profit organizations. Vicky has been trained as a spiritual director, SoulCollage® facilitator, labyrinth facilitator, grief support companion, and grief coach. Vicky has also been a consultant to many organizations for envisioning and discernment which she included in a booklet she authored called “Guidelines for Communal Discernment.” She began quilting in 2000.