Author: Michele Maki

Michele Maki hails from Southern California and is a new resident to the Green Bay/Fox Valley area of Wisconsin. She is a self-taught impressionist artist (painting under the name of Mimi Maki) and has exhibited her work in California, Oregon and Las Vegas. A social justice activist, Maki has been active for decades speaking out and participating in peaceful demonstrations on behalf of the poor and marginalized in our society. Maki is also a volunteer with the American Red Cross Disaster Services as a spokesperson and photo-journalist. During her ten-year career with the Red Cross she has been recognized with numerous volunteer awards including the Clara Barton Award for Leadership. She is currently studying Franciscan Spirituality and is discerning life as a religious under the guidance of Reverend Andrew Smith, OPoc, at St. Dominic Old Catholic Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Living Lent and Embracing Pentecost

April 3, 2018April 3, 2018Michele MakiLeave a Comment

By the time this is read, the season of Lent will have come and gone. Easter will be a memory and our lives will roll along towards summer. Most won’t even be giving the next liturgical holy day, Pentecost, a second thought. We will be rolling along in life on our autopilot. But it doesn’t […]

Respect Life-It Starts With You and Me

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018Michele MakiLeave a Comment

Several weeks ago (in mid-October) the hashtag: #MeToo was posted by actress Alyssa Milano, inviting anyone who had been sexually assaulted or harassed to post this hashtag in their Twitter or Facebook accounts. Within just a few hours it was trending and within 48 hours #MeToo had blown up social media and was the lead-in […]