Roman Catholic services on site??

[TimeRoverGirl]

We will be in Disney next week and were wondering if there were any Roman Catholic services on property. Back in 2004 there was a service at the Polynesian but we haven't heard of any recently. Any help would be appreciated. :)

[mouseforcemom]

Nope, sorry :(

I don't think they even allow priests to marry couples at the Wedding Pavillion due to it not being considered sanctified ground.

Check this page (http://www.wdwinfo.com/tips_for_touring/churchservices.htm) for a listing of religious services close to Disney.

[TimeRoverGirl]

[QUOTE=mouseforcemom;37376439]Nope, sorry :(

I don't think they even allow priests to marry couples at the Wedding Pavillion due to it not being considered sanctified ground.

Thanks for the link! That's what I figured :)

[mouseforcemom]

Not a problem, we're trying to figure out what to do on Sunday since we'll be traveling on Saturday.

[Alesia]

I'm pretty sure that Mary Queen of the Universe is the closest.

[larryz]

Not a problem, we're trying to figure out what to do on Sunday since we'll be traveling on Saturday.

http://maryqueenoftheuniverse.org/

[Quartermistress]

Mary Queen of the Universe is great! They have a 7:30am Mass on Sundays so you can make it to a 9am rope drop :goodvibes

I didn't have a car, so when I stayed at POP last year, I just had the front desk order me a taxi to get there. After Mass, they have plenty of taxis waiting there since they get so many visitors. I hopped in and went straight to Epcot and was there for rope drop at 9. If you're headed to the parks in a taxi, don't forget to tell the driver that there are drop off points so you don't have to pay for parking. My driver didn't know that and neither did I at the time, so I had to pay the day's parking fee! Just have him tell the parking CM at the booth that you're being dropped off and they'll direct the taxi where to go.

[GBBTomorrow]

Mary Queen of the Universe is definitely the closest, but I'm going to come right out here and say that we don't go there anymore. We are people who always go (make that always WENT) to church on vacation, even if it meant getting off at a random highway exit to do so. That being said, we have made a decision not to attend this church.

I don't mean to offend anybody here, so please take this with a grain of salt as simply my opinion.

This church seems to be about one thing: MONEY. They ask for money more times in one Mass than any church I have ever heard of in my life. They want money for their rosary garden, for a bell, for improvements to the already gaudily over-the-top church. They want you to shop in their gift shop (you get reminded of that a couple of times).

I do understand that this parish serves transients, and as such probably does not have a regular base of parishioners for fundraising. At the same time, it really bothered me that all of their fundraising is for material objects. If they said, "Please give at the second collection to help the less fortunate in Orlando," or "Please donate to support our soup kitchen," or "Please give what you can to support our tutoring program," or ANYTHING more beneficial to humanity than statues and fancy church objects, I'd pony up.

This church just rubs our family the wrong way.

Again, I don't mean to offend anybody, but want to share a heads up for anybody else who may think the same way.

[lilosurf11]

I went to the service at the Poly one year (I think I was in grade school.) Now, my family and I go to Mary Queen of the Universe. It's such a beautiful place and close to WDW property.

[Art 1]

I went to the service at the Poly one year (I think I was in grade school.) Now, my family and I go to Mary Queen of the Universe. It's such a beautiful place and close to WDW property.

Yes, it's very nice. My daughter had her baccalaureate mass there this year with the bishop.