‘Living Stations of the Cross’ began in Farmington, now expands to Detroit. By Karla Dorweiler (Open Post) – April 3, 2011 12:14 am ET Eleven years ago on Good Friday, Kelly Nieto sat weeping in the pews at in Farmington. The Farmington resident and her husband, Dominic, had just attended the Stations of the Cross—a Catholic Lenten devotion reflecting on …
Deepen Your Lenten Experience With “Living Stations of the Cross”
February 26, 2012 by Kathy Schiffer 2 Comments Looking for a way to deepen your Lenten experience this year? If you’re in southeastern Michigan, consider attending a performance of The Living Stations of the Cross at Detroit’s Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Read the story: The music minister opened the door of the confessional, and it was stuffed top …
Spiritual rebirth led former Miss Michigan to create a musical version of the Passion play opening Detroit Music Hall today
Posted on March 24, 2013 by menblog By John Monaghan Detroit Free Press Special Writer March 24, 2013 Religious inspiration comes in many forms. Kelly Garver Nieto’s hit her like a ton of Babylon bricks while she was attending her first-ever Good Friday service in 2000. It was while praying the Stations of the Cross, which uses 14 sequential images to …
This Holy Week, Travel to Calvary and Beyond—With “The Cross and the Light”
March 23, 2013 by Kathy Schiffer 0 Comments For just one week, the stage at Detroit’s Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts will be transformed into the hills and dusty roads near Jerusalem, as “The Cross and the Light” is performed live each day from Palm Sunday through Easter. The acclaimed musical dramatization of Christ’s Passion, Death and Resurrection …
Dramatic Performance Produced by Former Miss Michigan to be Featured at Catholic Youth Event
SAGINAW – “The Cross and the Light Concert Experience” will be performed at the upcoming MYE Faith youth event on Aug. 8, 2015 at Saginaw Valley State University. “The Cross and the Light Concert Experience” is a musical performance about Jesus produced by former Miss Michigan and Miss America Runner-up, Kelly Nieto. “The Cross and the Light” has been performed …
‘The Cross and the Light’: Christian musical changes lives one church at a time
Published: Friday, May 01, 2015 By Gary Graff Digital First Media Click to enlarge Seventeen years ago, Kelly Nieto found God. And Christianity. And a purpose in life that led to her musical, “The Cross and the Light,” which visits St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church on May 7 to 9. The former Miss Michigan, Miss America runner-up and professional entertainer …
Changed by Stations of the Cross?
Detroit Archdiocese teams with The Cross and the Light musicians to evangelize through the retelling of Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection in song. BY KATHY SCHIFFER 03/31/2015 “Our goal is to baptize the imagination,” said Kelly Nieto, creator and executive producer of The Cross and the Light. “Imagine singers performing by candlelight, and then, as the Holy Spirit descends at …