The Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis is ordaining its largest class since 1964- 15 men.
An account of the seminarians' reactions to Benedict's election:
In fact, the seminarians at St. John Vianney in St. Paul were so jubilant on the day Cardinal Ratzinger was named pope that they got noise complaints from students and neighborhood residents.
After an evening Mass dedicated to Pope Benedict, rector Father Bill Baer led 80-some seminarians onto the roof of the seminary. The men yelled out the Apostle’s Creed and soon began to chant “Viva el Papa!”
“We were so loud that people in all the neighboring dorms started to stick their heads out the window,” said seminarian Stephen Nepil, 19. “They were like, ‘Yeah, Benedict!’
“It was a big deal in the seminary because we know how incredible of a pope he’ll be,” Nepil said. “We were so loud that we got noise complaints from the far end of the south campus. They sent security guards to take us off the roof.”
