it was during lent. and he had gone to do the stations of the cross at five churches or something in san francisco. and we knew that that was -- something serious. >> the governor's son and namesake was called to the priesthood. >> my mother would not let him enter the seminary until he turned 18. he wanted to go when he was 17. and she said no, you cannot. she was not raised catholic and she did not want her only son to go into the novitiate. she thought i think he would get over it if he waited. >> but after a year at santa clara university, brown entered a jesuit seminary. where he was expected to spend most of his day in meditative silence. >> well i remember the first few weeks, maybe longer than that, i had a pain in my stomach. i couldn't talk. and i'm so used to talking and i talk a lot. >> after three and a half years, brown tired of the rules and
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