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 (without penalty) for online courses are one month before course begins.
  • Last day to withdraw from a weekday or online course is eight weeks after the first day of class.
  • Last day to withdraw from a weekend course is the Friday before the second weekend meeting.
  • 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 2022

July

1

Application Deadline for Fall Semester

August

15

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

20-21

Orientation for new seminarians

 

22-26

Our Daily Bread” Intensive Spirituality Week for seminarians

 

24

Candidacy

 

29

Fall Semester weekday and online courses begin

September 

5

Labor Day (no classes)

 

15

Dolle Lecture

 

30

Faculty Study Day; Long Weekend (no classes)

October

5

Marten Homiletics Lecture and Workshop

 

15-16

Graduate Theology Program Open House

 

19

Graduate Theology Program Open House (online at 6:30 p.m.)

31

STB Degree Program Application Deadline for seminariansSpring Semester registration opens

November

1

Solemnity of All Saints (no classes)

15

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

 

19-27

Thanksgiving Break

28

Fall Semester weekday classes resume

29

Fall Semester online classes conclude

December

8

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (no classes)

 

5-9

Final exam days for Fall Semester weekday courses

 

9

Last day of class before Christmas break

30

Registration deadline for all Spring Semester courses

10 - January 7

Christmas Break

 

Spring Semester 2023

January

9

January Interterm begins for seminarians

 

20

January Interterm ends

21-27

Retreat week for seminarians

30

Spring Semester weekday classes begin

February

1

Graduate Theology Program Spring Semester online classes begin

 

9

Father Cyprian Davis Lecture

 

13

GTP-Summer registration opens

 

16

Ministries: Installation of Lectors and Acolytes

 

20

President’s Day (no classes)

 

25-26

Graduate Theology Program Open House

March

2

Deacon Promises

 

10

Long Weekend (no classes)

 

16

Priesthood Promises

21

Solemnity of St. Benedict (no classes)

23

Thomas Lecture

27-31

Fall Semester registration

31

Last day of weekday classes before Easter break;
STB Degree Program Application Deadline for II Year Theologians

April

1-10

Easter Break

 

11

Spring Semester Weekday and online classes resume

15

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

 

15

Diaconate Ordination

May

3

Graduate Theology Program Spring Semester online classes conclude

11-12

Final exam days for Spring Semester weekday courses

 

12

Final day of Spring Semester

 

13

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