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General Guidelines

  • Registration deadlines are always one month before classes begin.
  • Drop dates for weekend courses are the Friday before the first weekend.
  • Drop dates for online, weekday, intensive courses is the Wednesday of the second full week of class.
  • Last day to withdraw from a weekday or online course is Friday of the tenth week of class.
  • Last day to withdraw from a weekend course is the Wednesday after the second weekend meeting.
  • Last day to withdraw from an intensive course is the Wednesday before the in person session.
  • Weekend and online course grades are due to the Registrar three weeks after the last class.
  • Weekday course grades are due to the Registrar one week after the last class day.
  • The last day to remove an incomplete grade is six weeks from the last day of class.
  • The most current course and workshop dates can be found at this link:
    https://www.saintmeinrad.edu/student-resources/course-schedules/

Fall Semester 2025

July

1

Application Deadline for Fall Semester

August

15

Summer MA Concluding Exercises due to Academic Dean;
final projects/papers due to director

23-24

Orientation for new seminarians

 

25-29

“Our Daily Bread” Intensive Spirituality Week for seminarians

 

27

Candidacy

September 

1

Labor Day (no classes)

 

2

Fall Semester weekday and online courses begin

 

11

Dolle Lecture

 

12

Last day to add or drop Fall weekday course

 

25

Deacon Promises

October

1

Marten Homiletics Lecture and Workshop

 

10

Faculty Study Day; Long Weekend (no classes)
 

25

Diaconate Ordination

November

3

Spring Semester registration opens

15

Fall Semester MA Concluding Exercises due to Academic Dean;
final projects/papers due to director

26-30

Thanksgiving Break

December

1

Fall Semester weekday classes resume
 

4-5

Final exam days for Fall Semester weekday courses
 

5

Last day of class before Christmas break;
Fall Semester online classes conclude;
IV Configuration Graduation Day

6-18

III and IV Configuration Eternal City Capstone Pilgrimage (Rome)

8

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (no classes)

30

Registration deadline for all Spring Semester courses

6 - January 5

Christmas Break

 

Spring Semester 2026

January

5-16

January Interterm for seminarians

17-24

Retreat week for seminarians

26

Spring Semester weekday and online classes begin

February

5

Fr. Cyprian Davis Lecture

 

9

GTP-Summer registration opens

 

12

Ministries: Installation of Lectors and Acolytes

 

16

President’s Day (no classes)

 

18

Ash Wednesday Day (no classes)

 March

6

Long weekend (no weekday classes)

 

21

Solemnity of St. Benedict

 

26

Thomas Lecture

 

27

Last day of weekday classes before Easter break

 

30

STB Degree Program Application Deadline for II Configuration

30 - April 6

Easter Break

April

7

Spring Semester Weekday and online classes resume
Fall Semester registration opens

 

15

Spring Semester MA Concluding Exercises due to Academic Dean;
final projects/papers due to director

 May

7-8

Final exam days for Spring Semester weekday courses

 

8

Graduate Theology Program Spring Semester online classes conclude;
Final day of Spring Semester

 

9

Graduation Day

July

1

Application deadline for Fall Semester

August

15

Summer MA Concluding Exercises due to Academic Dean;
final projects/papers due to director