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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
18 Sep Inaugural Mass 22 Sep Registration ends 18-22 Sep Orientation week 25 Sep Fall semester courses begin 29 Sep Religious holiday 13 Oct Retreat 16 Oct Religious holiday 20 Oct Religious holiday 1 Nov Religious holiday 10 Nov Retreat 19 Nov Religious holiday 23 Nov Thanksgiving Day 24 Nov Thanksgiving Break 8 Dec Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 12 Dec Our Lady of Guadalupe 23 Dec – 7 Jan Christmas break 12 Jan Retreat 25 Jan Religious holiday 28 Jan St. Thomas Aquinas – Professors’ Day 2 Feb Presentation of the Lord 6 Feb Religious holiday 12 Feb Spring semester courses begin 23 Feb Retreat 13 Mar Anniversary of Pope Francis’ election 19 Mar Solemnity of St. Joseph 27 Mar - 10 Apr Easter break 13 Apr Retreat 1 May Religious holiday 10 May Solemnity of the Ascension 11 May Retreat 4–16 Jun Spring semester exams 8 Jun Solemnity of the Sacred Heart
3rd and 4th Year Students’ Calendar
18 Sep Inaugural Mass, courses begin 18-22 Sep Orientation week 22 Sep Registration ends 29 Sep Religious holiday 09 Oct 4th Yr: Visit to Boston Museum of Fine Arts 16 Oct Religious holiday 20 Oct Religious holiday 1 Nov Religious holiday 14 Nov Visit to the Frick Collection 23 Nov Thanksgiving Day 24 Nov Thanksgiving Break 8 Dec Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 12 Dec Our Lady of Guadalupe 19 Dec Visit to Yale Gallery of Arts and Gallery of British Art. New Haven 23 Dec – 7 Jan Christmas break/Christmas course 8 – 27 Jan Fall semester exams 25 Jan Religious holiday 28 Jan St. Thomas Aquinas – Professors’ Day 29 Jan Spring semester courses begin 2 Feb Presentation of the Lord – Devotional Renewal of Vows 6 Feb Religious holiday 16 Feb 4th Yr. Visit to the Wadsworth Athenaeum (Hartford) 13 Mar Anniversary of Pope Francis’ election 19 Mar Solemnity of St. Joseph 27 Mar - 15 Apr Easter break/Easter course 26 Apr 4th year visit to the Museum of Modern Art 1 May Religious holiday 10 May Solemnity of the Ascension 14 May 4th Yr. Visit to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 1 - 23 Jun Spring semester exams 5 Jun Visit to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 20 Jul – 31 Aug Summer courses 15 Aug Graduation
For our monthly "Cheshire Lectures," please refer to the calendar posted here.