Key Dates for Academic Year

Fall Semester 2020

Sun. 8/9 – New students arrive for Orientation
Wed. 8/12 – Returning First Theologians arrive
Thu. 8/13 – Returning upper class seminarians arrive; 7:15 p.m. Opening Mass and social
Fri.-Sun. 8/14-15 – Formation workshops and Mount Summit (Sunday, Field Day/5:30 p.m. BBQ)
Mon. 8/17 – Classes begin
Fri. 8/17-21 – Drop/Add period; fall application forms for MAPS & dual degrees due
Fri.-Sun. 8/28-30 - Weekend of Recollection and 40 Hours

Fri. 9/18 - Deadline for faculty to submit grade changes (resolving “I”s from Spring 2020)

Sat.-Sun. 10/8-9 – Fall Day of Recollection (starts 7 p.m. Thursday. Mandatory for all. Except on Friday, UG completers attend university classes as usual)
Fri. 10/9 – Faculty In-Service, 9 a.m. to 2:30 pm
Sat.-Sun. 10/10-11 - Leisure on Campus Weekend
Mon.-Fri. 10/12-16 - Advising/Registration for spring semester courses (spring 2021 intent to graduate & dual degree applications due before Thanksgiving)
Fri. 10/16 – Installation to Lector Mass, 4 p.m. (rescheduled from Spring 2020)
Sat. 10/17 – Installation to Acolyte Mass, 10 a.m. (rescheduled from Spring 2020)
Sat.-Sun. 10/31-11/1 - Leisure on Campus Weekend

Mon. 11/2 – No Seminary Classes (UG classes held); All Souls Mass at 4 p.m. in IC
Fri. 11/6 – 4T⇒ STB written component/comprehensive exam (12:30-4 p.m.)
Fri. 11/13 – 4T⇒ STB oral component/comprehensive exam (10 a.m.-4 p.m., schedule TBA)
Fri. 11/20 – Admission to Candidacy Mass, 4 p.m. IC Chapel
Fri. 11/20 – Last Day of Classes (seminarians leave campus by end of Sat. Nov. 21)
Sat.-Sun. 11/21-29 – Thanksgiving break begins after Candidacy Mass. Mount offices closed Thu/Fri)

Mon.-Fri. 11/30-12/4 – Final examinations done remotely (winter break begins after last exam)
Tue. 12/8 – Final Grades due to Seminary Registrar by 10 a.m.
Fri. 12/31 - 4T⇒ departure for Holy Land Experience Travelers’ Mass, 8 p.m. Wed.

Mon.-Fri. 1/11-15 – Non-4T Seminarians silent retreat
Sat. 1/16 – 4T⇒ return from Holy Land Experience
Mon. 1/18 – M. L. King Jr. Day, Seminary classes begin. Mount offices closed, no university classes.
Mon.-Fri. 1/18-22 – Drop/Add period (p1 MAPS and spring 2021 dual-degree applications due)
Fri. 1/29 – March for Life/Washington, D.C. (no seminary classes held)

Fri. 2/5 – Deadline for faculty to submit grade changes (resolving “I”s from Fall 2020)
Fri.-Sun. 2/12-14 - Mount 2000 (youth retreat)
Mon. 2/15 – No Seminary classes but pre-theologians attend UG classes as usual. Faculty In-Service, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Sat. 2/27 – Spring break begins

Sun. 3/7 – All seminarians return
Mon.-Fri. 3/8-12 – 4T⇒ M.A. (theology) oral comp. exams (schedule TBD by concentration departments)
Fri.-Sat. 3/12-13 – Lenten Day of Recollection (starts 7 p.m. Friday/mandatory attendance)
Mon.-Fri. 3/15-19 – Advising/registration for fall semester courses (and PFE preferences)
Tue. 3/19 – Solemnity of St. Joseph Mass at 4:30 p.m. (Seton Shrine) followed by dinner
Mon.-Wed. 3/29-31 – No Seminary classes (university classes held/pre-the’s attend as usual)

Thu.-Mon. 4/1-5 – Easter break (Mount offices closed, classes resume Tuesday)
Fri. 4/23 – Installation to Lector, 4 p.m. Mass (mandatory attendance)
Sat. 4/24 – Installation to Acolyte, 10 a.m. Mass (mandatory attendance)
Thu. 4/22 – No University/UG classes (SPARC Festival)
Mon.-Wed. 4/15-17 – No Seminary classes (university classes held/prethe’s attend as usual)

Fri. 5/7 – Seminary Graduation and Vespers, 4 p.m. (mandatory attendance)
Mon.-Fri. 5/10-14 – Seminary final examinations (summer break begins after last exam)
Sat., Mon.-Thu. 5/8, 10-13 – University final examinations
Fri.-Sat. 5/14-15 – University Baccalaureate/Commencement ceremonies
Tue. 5/18 – Final Grades due to Seminary Registrar by 10 a.m.