ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Juan Ponce de Leon led fellow re-enactors
and walked St. Augustine city streets Saturday.  The man donning
the conquistador uniform Saturday was Gilbert Medina... that's
Father Gilbert Medina.  He smiled and said, "I'm having a
blast."  Medina is really a Catholic priest. When not in
costume, he is the pastor at the St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic
Church in Eustis, Florida.  "For me to be Juan Ponce de Leon is
an honor," Medina commented. "It's an opportunity to connect
with history, not just history but Catholic history. For the
conquistadors who came over during Ponce's era, their whole
world was Catholic. Their vision, the philosophy of life and
living was Catholic."  He continued, "This for me, as a Catholic
priest of the church, gives me an opportunity to live it, and to
live it in the present and connect myself to the past. It seems
to be fading away for so many, but it's right before our very
eyes."  Medina has re-enacted before... as a priest. Just this
past week, he played the r