"What can you do with Holy week, Kelly?" were Msgr. Hurley's words

"What can you do with Holy Week next year?" from Msgr. Hurley, now Bishop Hurley of the Grand Rapids diocese, were the words that began our Living Stations Ministry at Our Lady of Sorrows. Producing the RCIA Reflection and the Living Nativity that year gave me the credibility I needed to start our important work on the Living Stations of the Cross. Easter 2002 was on March 31st. I had 3 months. I knew that God had to intervene! This was a massive endeavor: the kind of production that would take a year with a full-time staff. It was not possible without God's help! For more information about the OLS production of The Living Stations of the Cross, please see the Local Productions tab.

For three months, God provided one small miracle after another to put the pieces together. People started volunteering to help. I won't go into detail with every miracle, but here is one of the most startling and a great confirmation that God was working behind the scenes. I just had to pray unceasingly, listen intently, and trust that He would lead me.

I found a church on the east side of Detroit that had performed a Passion play in the 1980's. I set up an appointment to meet with the music minister. He said that he found an old script and I could have it. I packed up my two toddler boys in our minivan and drove about 45 minutes. At this point, I had 75 days until Good Friday. I had no costumes, no props, no music, and I didn't know any Catholics who sang very well yet!

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