St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary
Seminary Schedule 2017 - 2018
Schedule 2017-2018
| June | Friday, June 15 - Wednesday, June 20 | |
| Ordinations to the Priesthood & Diaconate | Friday, June 22 | |
| First Masses | Saturday, June 23 | |
| Summer Vacation | Tuesday June 26 | |
September |
Seminarians return 2018-2019 Academic Year (theologians, philosophers, and spiritualities) |
Saturday, September 8 |
| Seminarians Retreat | Sunday, September 9 - Saturday, September 15 | |
| 1st Manualias | Monday, September 17 (all day) | |
| First Day of classes (6.50 am Solemn Mass) | Tuesday, September 18 | |
| Arrival of Humanities Seminarians | Friday, September 21 | |
Pre-placement examinations for Humanities |
Saturday, September 22 | |
| Humanities and Brothers Retreat | Sunday, September 23 | |
| Feast of St. Michael the Archangel (Brothers' Vows) Mass at 10:00am |
Saturday, September 29 | |
| October | Excursion | Wednesday, October 6 |
| Pilgrimage Lourdes - Riese - Venice | Wednesday, October 24 - Monday, November 5 | |
| November | Feast of All Saints | Thursday, November 1 |
| Feast of All Souls | Friday, November 2 (Mass at 10:00am) Day of Recollection | |
| Thanksgiving excursion | Thursday, November 22 | |
| December | Pre-Advent all night adoration | Saturday, December 1 |
| December recollection | Thursday, December 6 - Friday, December 7 | |
| Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Engagements in the Society) |
Saturday, December 8 | |
| Last day of classes | Thursday, December 20 | |
| Christmas Manualias | Friday, December 21 - Saturday, December 22 | |
| Christmas recollection | Monday, December 24 | |
| Christmas Day | Tuesday, December 25 | |
| Christmas Vacation (only after December 26th 6:50am Sung Mass) | Wednesday, December 26 - Saturday, January 5 | |
| January 2019 | Seminarians return for Spring semester | Saturday, January 5 |
| January recollection | ||
| Semester Major Exams | ||
| Manualia | ||
| Cassock and Tonsure Recollection | ||
| February | Feast of Candlemass (Taking of the cassock and tonsure) |
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| Free days | ||
| Excursion | ||
| Forty Hours Devotion | ||
| Ash Wednesday (February recollection; Solemn Mass) |
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| March | Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas | |
| Subdiaconate Retreat | ||
| Minor Orders Retreat | ||
| Ordinations to minor Orders | ||
| Sitientes Ordination to the Subdiaconate | ||
| Feast of St. Joseph | ||
| Holy Week Retreat | ||
| April | Easter | |
| Easter vacation (after Monday Solemn High Mass) | ||
| Good Shepherd Sunday | ||
| April Recollection | ||
| Classes resume | ||
| May | Excursion | |
| Feast of the Ascension | ||
| Pentecost Monday | ||
| Major Exams for the Year of Spirituality | ||
| Last Excursion | ||
| Corpus Christi | ||
| June | 10-day retreat for the Year of Spirituality | |
| Last day of classes | ||
| June recollection | ||
| Second semester major exams | ||
| Ordinands' retreat | ||
| Ordinations to the Priesthood & Diaconate | ||
| First Masses | ||
| Summer Vacation | ||
| September | ||
| Saturday, June 23 |