Religious Service question

[DreaminDisney]

Do they still offer mass for Catholics at one of the resorts?

 

[jellymanoffspring]

No they do not.....the foloowing is from allearsnet.com:

LOCAL RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Religious services are NO LONGER available at
Disney's Polynesian Resort in the Luau Cove,
effective Sunday, August 11, 2002.

CATHOLIC

Mary, Queen of the Universe Catholic Shrine
http://www.maryqueenoftheuniverse.org/
8300 Vineland Avenue
407-239-6600
Directions: The shrine is located 2 1/2 miles northeast of Lake Buena Vista on the I-4 frontage road. Traveling south on SR 535 from Hotel Plaza Boulevard/Crossroads, drive to second traffic signal, turn left (Vineland Avenue) and continue approximately 1 mile.


Mass is held on: Sunday: 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am, and 6pm Saturday: 6pm
A priest hears confession daily. Call (407) 239-6600 for further information.

NOTE: As of Sunday, November 3, 2002, Mears no longer offers shuttle service to the 9:30 a.m. Mass at Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine. Guests needing transportation may contact Mears Taxicab service at 407-699-9999.

 

[northern michigan]

We went to the Contemporary for Catholic Mass this past Easter Sunday! The fact that Mass would be offered wasn't made known more than a few days in advance eventhough we inquired frequently. The ballroom was filled to capacity!

 

[northern michigan]

No they do not.....the foloowing is from allearsnet.com:

LOCAL RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Religious services are NO LONGER available at
Disney's Polynesian Resort in the Luau Cove,
effective Sunday, August 11, 2002.

CATHOLIC

Mary, Queen of the Universe Catholic Shrine
http://www.maryqueenoftheuniverse.org/
8300 Vineland Avenue
407-239-6600
Directions: The shrine is located 2 1/2 miles northeast of Lake Buena Vista on the I-4 frontage road. Traveling south on SR 535 from Hotel Plaza Boulevard/Crossroads, drive to second traffic signal, turn left (Vineland Avenue) and continue approximately 1 mile.


Mass is held on: Sunday: 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am, and 6pm Saturday: 6pm
A priest hears confession daily. Call (407) 239-6600 for further information.

NOTE: As of Sunday, November 3, 2002, Mears no longer offers shuttle service to the 9:30 a.m. Mass at Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine. Guests needing transportation may contact Mears Taxicab service at 407-699-9999.

This was the same info we were given up until a couple days before!

 

[disboy21086]

I'm Glad to see that people still go to Church while they are on Vacation!

 

[jpeltier]

Mary,Queen of the Universe is a beautiful church. When we were at Disney in May, there were no masses @ WDW. The Easter Mass @ the Contemporary must
have been a holiday special occurrence.

 

[welovewdw]

We went to the Contemporary for Catholic Mass this past Easter Sunday! The fact that Mass would be offered wasn't made known more than a few days in advance eventhough we inquired frequently. The ballroom was filled to capacity!

We were there, too! It was packed!

 

[DannyDisneyFreak]

We will not have a car when we will bw there is there any options for us?

 

[paladin]

This is listed on Deb's site:

PROTESTANT

Celebration Presbyterian Church
http://www.commpres.org/connect.html
635 Celebration Avenue
407-566-1633
Directions: Take I-4 West to exit 64A which will take you to 192 (heading towards Kissimmee). Two traffic lights down, make a right turn onto Celebration Avenue. Follow Celebration Avenue into town and the church is located one quarter mile down the road on the right hand side.

I would guess you would need to take a cab/towncar.

 

[DreaminDisney]

Thanks for the info!
We won't have a car. Has anyone taken Mears Taxicab there (Mary,Queen of the Universe ) and back? Wonder how much it would cost for the 4 of us.

We try and go even when we're on vacation...just ask my kids

 

[allie&mattsmom]

Does anyone know why they discontinued the Mass at the Poly? Just curious. We went there a few years ago and enjoyed it (even though it seemed to drag on and on and on ).

 

[CarolA]

According to a letter posted on the Shirne website, it was the church's decison. Had to do with lack of priests as I recall and a desire to get people to the Shrine.

Mears used to run a shuttle... no idea what it cost.

 

[betterlatethannever]

Does anyone know why they discontinued the Mass at the Poly? Just curious. We went there a few years ago and enjoyed it (even though it seemed to drag on and on and on ).

There were a few rumors why it was stopped.

1. The severe priest shortage - no priest available. (Didn't make sense because they also stopped the Protestant services)
2. WDW lawyers, fearful of a lawsuit by any number of other religions requesting WDW to make accommodations for their services, stopped the existing services.

Ed

 

[northern michigan]

We will not have a car when we will bw there is there any options for us?

I could be wrong on this, but I believe a protestant or non-denominational service was held there as well.

 

[jellymanoffspring]

We went to the Contemporary for Catholic Mass this past Easter Sunday! The fact that Mass would be offered wasn't made known more than a few days in advance eventhough we inquired frequently. The ballroom was filled to capacity!

Also found on allearsnet.com:

Easter Services

Reader Rob Conrad writes: My Father contacted the Contemporary on Friday, asking about Easter religious services for 2005. They confirmed to him that Easter services would be conducted this year on the same basis as last year: 8:00 - Catholic Mass, 9:00 - Protestant Service, 10:15 - Catholic Mass. All at the Fantasia Ballroom in the Contemporary Resort.

**********

 

[DannyDisneyFreak]

I could be wrong on this, but I believe a protestant or non-denominational service was held there as well.

We will not be there on Easter, we are going in Jan.
We will not have a car when we will be there is there any options for us?

 

[beattyfamily]

We will not be there on Easter, we are going in Jan.
We will not have a car when we will be there is there any options for us?

See post #9. posted by Paladin[/B. The best thing to do is do a search of your Church and see if they have locations near Disney and then take a cab there.

That is what I did. I went to a Catholic website that lists all churches in the Orlando area (or any other area you're looking for).

Good luck.

 

[DannyDisneyFreak]

See post #9. posted by Paladin[/B. The best thing to do is do a search of your Church and see if they have locations near Disney and then take a cab there.

That is what I did. I went to a Catholic website that lists all churches in the Orlando area (or any other area you're looking for).

Good luck.

I have never taken a cab, I have no Idea how much that may cost?

 

[ducklite]

I have never taken a cab, I have no Idea how much that may cost?

Depends on which resort you are coming from, anything from under $20 r/t from OKW to possibly over $40 r/t from the AKL or All Stars.

Anne

 

[wdwgoofeeee]

If you go to Masstimes.org you can find Catholic churches with Mass times for anywhere in the country.