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Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar
*Online MTS-FT Students should refer to the posted calendars on their Student Success Center.
2025
| August | |||
| 25 | Monday | Welcome dinner for new on-campus students | |
| 27 | Wednesday | New student orientation for on-campus students | |
| September | |||
| 1 | Monday | Labor Day Holiday; (FST offices and library closed) | |
| 2 | Tuesday | Fall 2025 Semester Begins | |
| 3 | Wednesday | USD Classes Begin | |
| TBD | Thursday | USD Mass of the Holy Spirit | |
| 10 | Wednesday | Start of FST Community Liturgies and Meal (Founders Chapel 4:30 PM) | |
| 12 | Friday | Deadline for registered on-campus students to make changes in Fall 2024 enrollment without special permission (no refund given beyond this point) | |
| 19 | Friday | Last day to petition for Fall graduation | |
| October | |||
| 3 | Friday | Transitus | |
| 4 | Saturday | Feast of St. Francis | |
| TBD | Saturday-Sunday | FST Student Retreat | |
| 13-17 | Monday-Friday | FST Fall Reading Week (No classes) | |
| 15 | Wednesday | FST Community Liturgy and Meal – Canceled | |
| November | |||
| 3-7 | Monday-Friday | Spring 2026 Advising Week for on-campus students | |
| 10-14 | Monday-Friday | Spring 2026 registration for continuing on-campus students | |
| 26 | Wednesday | FST Community Liturgy and Meal – Canceled | |
| 27-28 | Thursday-Friday | Thanksgiving Holiday (No classes; FST & USD offices and library closed) | |
| December | |||
| 5 | Friday | Filing deadline for MTS thesis | |
| 10 | Wednesday | Last FST Community Liturgy & Christmas Celebration (Founders Chapel 4:30-6PM) | |
| 19 | Friday | Last Day of FST Classes | |
| 19 | Friday | Last day to petition to take an incomplete for Fall | |
| Dec. 24-Jan. 1 | Wednesday-Thursday | FST Christmas and New Year’s holiday (No classes; FST offices and library closed) |
2026
| January | |||
| 2 | Friday | Final grades due for Fall 2025 | |
| 9 | Friday | Deadline to turn in incomplete work from Fall semester | |
| 19 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (FST offices and library closed) | |
| 21 | Wednesday | New on-campus student orientation | |
| 26 | Monday | FST & USD Classes begin | |
| 30 | Friday | Final grades for Fall incompletes due | |
| February | |||
| 4 | Wednesday | Start of FST Community Liturgies and Meal (Founders Chapel 4:30-6PM) | |
| TBD | Thursday | All Faith Service | |
| 6 | Friday | Deadline for registered on-campus students to make changes in Spring 2026 enrollment without special permission (no refund given beyond this point) | |
| 13 | Friday | Last day to petition for May 2026 graduation | |
| March | |||
| TBD | Saturday-Sunday | FST Student Retreat | |
| Mar. 30-Apr. 6 | Monday-Monday | FST / USD Spring and Easter Break. No classes. | |
| April | |||
| 1 | Wednesday | FST Community Liturgy and Meal – Canceled | |
| 2 | Thursday | Holy Thursday half-day holiday (FST offices closed at noon) | |
| 3 | Friday | Good Friday (FST offices closed) | |
| 6 | Monday | Easter Monday (FST offices closed) | |
| 7-10 | Tuesday-Friday | Advising week for on-campus students | |
| 13-17 | Monday-Friday | Fall 2026 registration for on-campus students | |
| 27 | Monday | Filing deadline for MTS Thesis |
| May | |||
| 11 | Monday | Last day of USD classes | |
| 13 | Wednesday | Last FST Community Liturgy and Meal (Founders Chapel (4:30-6PM) | |
| 14-20 | Monday-Friday | USD final examinations | |
| 15 | Friday | Last day of FST classes | |
| 15 | Friday | Last day to petition to take an incomplete | |
| 22 | Friday | Baccalaureate Mass (Immaculate Conception, 5:30pm) | |
| 23 | Saturday | FST Commencement (Mission San Luis Rey, 11:30am) | |
| 23-24 | Saturday-Sunday | USD Commencements | |
| 25 | Monday | Memorial Day (FST offices and library closed) | |
| 29 | Friday | Final Spring grades due | |
| June | |||
| 5 | Friday | Deadline to turn in incomplete work from Spring 2026 | |
| 19 | Friday | Juneteenth (FST offices closed) | |
| 26 | Friday | Final grades for Spring incompletes due | |
| July | 3 | Friday | Independence Day – Observed (FST offices closed) |
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