Academic Calendar
FALL TERM 2026
August 7: Orientation Team Arrives
August 9: Propaedeutic Students Arrive
August 11: New Discipleship & Configuration Students Arrive
August 19: Returning Seminarians Arrive
August 24: First Day of Classes
Opening Academic Exercises
August 26: MATS Wednesday Night Classes Begin
August 28–30: MATS Weekend Classes Begin
September 4: Add/Drop Period Ends
Labor Day Break begins after last class
September 7: Labor Day: Administrative Offices Closed
September 8: Classes Resume
September 11: Interseminary Day at SJV
September 18–20: MATS Weekend
September 26–27: Family Weekend
Candidacy/Lector & Acolyte Installation
October 9: Quarter Break begins after last class
October 14: Classes Resume
October 16: Board of Trustees/Friends of the Seminary
(No Classes)
October 23–25: MATS Weekend
November 6: Administration Workshop (No Classes)
November 6–8: MATS Weekend
November 18: Thanksgiving Lunch
November 20: Last Day for VS Papers and Projects
Seminarians free to leave after last class
November 21–30: Thanksgiving Break
November 25–27: Thanksgiving Holiday
(Administrative Offices Closed)
December 1: Classes Resume
December 4: Last Day to Submit Papers
December 4–6: MATS Weekend
December 4–11: Course Evaluations
December 7: Last Day of VS Classes
December 9: Last MATS Wednesday Night Class
December 10: Pastoral Care Examination/Study Day
(No Classes)
December 11: Deacon Farewell
December 14: Last Day of Fall Semester Classes
December 15–16: Final Exams
December 16: Solemn Vespers and Christmas Party
December 17 – January 8: Christmas Break
December 24 – January 1: Christmas Holiday: Administrative Offices Closed
SPRING TERM 2026
January 9: Seminarians Return
January 10–16: Seminarian Retreats
January 13: MATS Wednesday Night Classes Begin
January 17–21: Pastoral Year Workshop
January 18: MLK Holiday: Administrative Offices Closed
Multicultural Workshop
January 19: First Day of Classes
January 22–24: MATS Weekend
January 29: Interseminary Day at SVDP
February 1: Add/Drop Period Ends
February 5–7: Come and See Weekend
February 12: Quarter Break begins after last class
February 17: Classes Resume
February 19: Board of Trustees (No Classes)
February 19–21: MATS Weekend
February 27: MATS Comprehensive Exam
March 12–14: MATS Weekend
March 19: Seminarians free to leave after last class
March 20 – April 4: Holy Week/Easter Week Break
March 25–26: Holy Thursday/Good Friday:
Administrative Offices Closed
April 5: Classes Resume
April 10: Diaconate Ordination
April 16–18: Final MATS Weekend
April 22–28: Pastoral Year Workshop
April 30: Last Day to Submit Papers
April 30 – May 7: Course Evaluations
May 5: Last MATS Wednesday Night Class
May 10: Last Day of Spring Semester Classes
May 11–12: Final Exams
May 13: Commencement Exercises
May 14: Spring Semester Ends
