The size of Green Bay would be one of many surprises for Pantelejeva, a junior at Notre Dame Academy. Another was the many striking differences in the celebration of the Mass, she said. When I first went to church here, I noticed girls serving at the Mass. Only boys serve the priest at my church. We also still kneel all the time and the priest never makes jokes.
Nobody laughs at our church.
We also never have wine with Communion. It's a lot stricter. The Masses are always the same and sometimes boring. They are much more conservative in her country in how they spread their faith. I've encouraged her to keep a journal because she will forget some things once she returns to Lithuania.