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Academic Year 2016-2017
The academic year is divided into two semesters with approximately fifteen weeks per semester and 2-3 weeks of exams for the last two years.
1st and 2nd Year Students’ Calendar
19 Sep Inaugural Mass 19 -24 Sep Orientation week 23 Sep Registration ends 26 Sep Fall semester courses begin 29 Sep Religious holiday 20 Oct Religious holiday 1 Nov Religious holiday 24 Nov Thanksgiving Day 8 Dec Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 12 Dec Our Lady of Guadalupe 22 Dec – 6 Jan Christmas break 9 – 26 Jan Latin/Greek language course 25 Jan Religious holiday 28 Jan St. Thomas Aquinas – Professors’ Day 2 Feb Presentation of the Lord 6 Feb Religious holiday 7 Feb Spring semester courses begin 13 Mar Anniversary of Pope Francis’ election 20 Mar Solemnity of St. Joseph 12 - 23 Apr Easter break 1 May Religious holiday 25 May Solemnity of the Ascension 6–12 Jun Spring semester exams 23 Jun Solemnity of the Sacred Heart 20 Jul – 3 Sep Summer courses
3rd and 4th Year Students’ Calendar
19 Sep Inaugural Mass, courses begin 19 -24 Sep Orientation week 23 Sep Registration ends 29 Sep Religious holiday 10 Oct 4th Yr: Visit to Boston Museum of Fine Arts 20 Oct Religious holiday 1 Nov Religious holiday 6 Nov Concert at Yale: Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem 17 Nov 4th Yr: Visit to Wadsworth Athenaeum (Hartford) 24 Nov Thanksgiving Day 8 Dec Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 12 Dec Our Lady of Guadalupe 13 Dec Visit to Yale Gallery of Arts and Gallery of British Art. New Haven 24 Dec – 6 Jan Christmas break/Christmas course 9 – 26 Jan Fall semester exams 25 Jan Religious holiday 28 Jan St. Thomas Aquinas – Professors’ Day 30 Jan Spring semester courses begin 2 Feb Presentation of the Lord – Devotional Renewal of Vows 6 Feb Religious holiday 14 Feb 4th Yr. Visit to the Frick collection 3 Mar Concert at Yale: Magnificats and More 13 Mar Anniversary of Pope Francis’ election 15 Mar Visit to the Museum of Modern Art 20 Mar Solemnity of St. Joseph 12 - 28 Apr Easter break/Easter course 22 Apr Concert at Yale: Mozart and Mahler 1 May Religious holiday 10 May 4th Yr. Visit to Boston Museums 25 May Solemnity of the Ascension 1 - 23 Jun Spring semester exams 12 Jun Visit to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 20 Jul – 3 Sep Summer courses 15 Aug Graduation
For our monthly "Cheshire Lectures," please refer to the calendar posted here.