ST. PAUL, Minn. — Sundays are sacred at the St. John Vianney Seminary, a plain five-story red brick building across a grassy quad from the main chapel at the University of St. Thomas. It is the only day Jordan Roberts and 133 brother seminarians studying to be Roman Catholic priests may wear priestly garb for Mass — black cassocks with the white Roman collar.
Rising at 6 a.m., their day begins with Holy Hour prayer and morning Mass. It ends with a rosary and lights out at 9:30 p.m. Last Sunday, seminary officials permitted Roberts a brief leave in late afternoon to join another fraternal group — his St.