Seminary Academic Schedule 2024 - 2025
Aug. |
Seminarians' Return | Saturday, August 31 |
Sept. |
Seminarians' Opening Retreat | Sunday, September 1 - Saturday, September 7 |
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First Day of Classes (6:50am Solemn Mass) | Tuesday, September 10 |
| Consecration of Church in Kansas City | Thursday, September 26 | |
| Auriesville Pilgrimage | Thursday, September 26 - Saturday, September 28 | |
Oct. |
Arrival of Humanities | Friday, October 4 |
| Humanities’ Pre-Placement Exams | Saturday, October 5 | |
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Retreat for Humanities | Sunday, October 6 - 12 |
| Excursion | Wednesday, October 16 | |
Nov. |
Feast of All Saints | Friday, November 1 |
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All Souls' Day (Mass at 10:00am) | Saturday, November 2 |
| Semester Break | November 11 - 15 | |
| Thanksgiving Excursion | Thursday, November 28 | |
| Pre-Advent All-Night Adoration | Saturday, November 30 - Sunday, December 1 | |
Dec. |
Feast of the Immaculate Conception First Engagements into the Society |
Friday, December 8 |
| First Semester Minor Exams | December 12 - 14 | |
| End of First Semester Classes | Friday, December 13 | |
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First Semester Major Exams | December 19 - 21 |
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Christmas Day | Wednesday, December 25 |
| Day of Rest | Thursday, December 26 | |
| Excursion | Friday, December 27 | |
| Classes Resume | Monday, December 30 | |
Jan.
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Feast of the Circumcision | Wednesday, January 1 |
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Feast of the Epiphany | Monday, January 6 |
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Vacation (departure after 7:15am Mass) Cultural Excursion for Spiritualities |
January 7 - 21 |
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Seminarians Return (before Compline) | Tuesday, January 21 |
Jan./Feb. |
Tonsure and Cassock Recollection | Wednesday, January 29 - Saturday, February 1 |
Feb. |
Feast of Candlemas, Reception of Cassock and Tonsure Ceremony (Pontifical Mass at 9:00am) |
Sunday, February 2 |
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Visiting time with parents for those tonsured and cassock received | February 2 - 3 |
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Classes Resume | Monday, February 3 |
Mar. |
Devotion of the Forty Hours | Sunday, March 2 - Tuesday, March 4 |
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Ash Wednesday (Mass at 10:00am) | Wednesday, March 5 |
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Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas | Friday, March 7 |
| Feast of St. Joseph | Wednesday, March 19 | |
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Excursion | Tuesday, March 25 |
Apr. |
Subdiaconate Retreat | April 5 - 10 |
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Minor Orders Retreat | April 8 - 10 |
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Ordination to Minor Orders and Perpetual Engagements (Pontifical Mass at 9:00am) |
Friday, April 11 | |
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Ordination to the Subdiaconate (Pontifical Mass at 9:00am) |
Saturday, April 12 |
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Holy Week Retreat | Sunday, April 13 - 16 |
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Easter | Sunday, April 20 |
Apr./May |
Easter Vacation (departure after Easter Monday Sung Mass) (10-Day Retreat for Spiritualities) | Monday, April 21 - Saturday, May 3 |
May |
Good Shepherd Sunday (Kansas City) | Sunday, May 4 |
| Classes Resume | Tuesday, May 6 | |
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Feast of the Ascension | Thursday, May 29 |
June |
Last Day of Classes | Wednesday, June 4 |
| End of Year Excursion | Thursday, June 5 | |
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Feast of Pentecost | Sunday, June 8 |
| Second Semester Major Exams | June 10 - 12 | |
| Retreat for Ordinands to Diaconate and Priesthood (retreat from afternoon on June 13 to noon on June 19) | June 13 - 19 | |
| Feast of Corpus Christi | Thursday, June 19 | |
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Ordinations to the Diaconate and Priesthood | Friday, June 20 |
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First Masses | Saturday, June 21 |
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Departure of Seminarians (after Mass) | Tuesday, June 24 |
Sept. |
Seminarians Return for 2025 - 2026 | Saturday, September 6 |