On the Sunday morning following the Luau, we were headed back to Disney's Polynesian Resort for worship. WDW sponsored two worship services each Sunday at the same venue where we had been for the Luau; an early Catholic Mass, and an 11 AM Protestant service. I had told the group to get breakfast and meet us at the Polynesian. They were all very clear on how to get there- take the bus to the Ticket and Transportation Center (TTC) and the monorail to the Polynesian. I was with a group that headed over around 10:15 AM. We arrived a few minutes early and had to wait outside for the Catholics to exit. As we were standing there, I saw a very unexpected sight. Two of our guys, David Mercadante (pictured in the red sweatshirt) and Will Rees (in the tye-dye), were exiting the Mass- and looking exceedingly confused! I stopped them and asked what was going on, and they informed me they had just been to church and could not find us anywhere. Plus, they told me, the service had been really strange, with a lot of standing and kneeling and reciting things they did not know. We were dying laughing. They had no idea what they had just done. They were then very disappointed to learn they had to go back in and worship again- with the rest of us. They were still mumbling about all the odd stuff they did at the first service, but they had to admit they had enjoyed getting a snack during church. It seems our two young Quakers had just taken their first communion with the Catholics. We never informed the Pope of their transgression! We don't know how this may have influenced David's calling to the pastoral ministry among Quakers, but that is what he is doing today.
After church, we headed for our first park- the Magic Kingdom! Something new awaited us there that would be one of the highlights of the trip. Come back tomorrow to read more!
Because of Jesus,
I'm starting to remember this little Catholic adventure. Great Photo too!
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