The (Real) Day in the Life of a Seminarian | Featuring J.P. Thornton

Seminarian J.P. Thornton gives us a behind the scenes look at a day in the life of a Catholic seminarian at The Saint Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Thornton is a Theology III seminarian from the Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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[lanceglassgow]

How inspiring to see these young priests. Totally awesome. The ultimate in counter culture.

[normandotorres]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful experience of being a man of God. May the mother of Jesus always be with you.

[bemore]

How fortunate we all are to have these young men choose to follow Christ in this way. Thank you to all seminarians for answering your call.

[evelynbattad]

My prayers to seminarian J.P. Thornton and all seminarians of the world so that they will become Holy priests in GOD's time. Thank you for sharing your story to us. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

[randymudge]

I was going to be a priest during late grade school. I'm not sad that I didn't take a vocation, since I found mission and purpose in my life. I feel like I've done what the Lord wanted me to do for a number of reasons. But, I think I would have loved being a priest! God Bless these young men, and may our prayers be with them. :)

[israelmaro]

This is very inspiring to the young men desiring to becoming priests.

[israel]

Praying for the call of vocations! God bless 🙏🙏🙏

[benbelardo]

So proud of you Father JP! We need more videos like this.

[petertrausch]

I think this day in the life video is very much needed! It can be intimidating as a young man considering seminary without knowing what it’s like.

[lilians]

Thank you for doing this video well done. I think you explained so easily to understand to see how is life as a Seminarian. I am planning to show it to my Son who is 13 years old. I am praying to our Lord for him to become a Priest. Thank you God Blessed you I will keep all of you in my prayers

[glennnow]

I'm writing a screenplay about a character who is a priest. So I've been doing a lot of research about the seminary etc. This was definitely one of the most fun and informative videos I've seen. Great job.

[cheraybisaya]

Blessings to you all, Thank you for the sacrifice and for loving our Dear Lord, Jesus Christ!

[GoodNewsCatholic]

Greetings from the Archdiocese of Hartford!

[pilgrim]

Excellent. Best of luck to you and your fellow Seminarians. God bless you all and keep you safe.

[ThomasBeuning]

Yo, father Micheal is now a priest at my parish, I served mass with him today!!!

[Snoopy-mohw]

Awesome video! Thank you for doing this and following Christ in your call to the priesthood. See you at mass!

[anthonymcnamara]

Wow, what an amazing Seminary, Well done young man for making such beautiful video of a happy place to study to become a Priest, and it looked like there are a very large number of men responding to Gods call, God bless you all. Ps and all so happy, a great sign to the presence of the Holy Spirit. Well done.

[TheCombatartist]

You ARE chosen, thank you for listening to your calling 🙏🏼

[annamccurry-ql]

Thank you I loved that video. Praying for you all, God bless you

[brycestrong]

Whether intended or not, this makes a very good recruitment video for those who may be considering a call to the consecrated life. If i was younger, i certainly would have taken a closer look at this path in life.