Academic Calendar
*Online MTS-FT Students should refer to the posted calendars on their Student Success Center.
| In-Person Degree Programs | |||
| 2024 | |||
| July | 4 | Thursday | Independence Day (FST offices closed) |
| August | 19 | Monday | Welcome dinner for new on-campus students |
| 21 | Wednesday | New on-campus student orientation | |
| 21-23 | Wednesday-Friday | Fall 2024 registration for new on-campus students. Late registration for continuing on-campus students. | |
| 26 | Monday | FST Fall 2024 classes begin | |
| September | |||
| 2 | Monday | Labor Day Holiday (FST offices and library closed) | |
| 4 | Wednesday | Start of FST Community Liturgies and Meal (Founders Chapel 4:30-6pm) | |
| 6 | Friday | Deadline for registered on-campus students to make changes in Fall 2024 enrollment without special permission (no refund given beyond this point) | |
| 12 | Thursday | Start of FST Zoom Lecture Series | |
| 20 | Friday | Last day to petition for Fall graduation | |
| October | |||
| 2 | Wednesday | FST Community Liturgy and Meal-Canceled | |
| 3 | Thursday | Transitus | |
| 4 | Friday | Feast of St. Francis (No classes; FST offices and library closed) | |
| 10 | Thursday | FST Zoom Lecture Series | |
| TBD | Saturday-Sunday | FST Student Retreat | |
| 21-25 | Monday-Friday | FST Fall Reading Week (No Classes) | |
| 23 | Wednesday | FST Community Liturgy and Meal-Canceled | |
| November | |||
| 14 | Thursday | FST Zoom Lecture Series | |
| 4-8 | Monday-Friday | Spring 2025 Advising Week for on-campus students | |
| 11-15 | Monday-Friday | Spring 2025 registration for continuing on-campus students | |
| 27 | Wednesday | FST Community Liturgy-Canceled | |
| 28-29 | Thursday-Friday | FST & USD Thanksgiving Holiday (No classes; FST & USD offices and library closed) | |
| December | |||
| 6 | Friday | Filing deadline for MTS thesis | |
| 11 | Wednesday | Last FST Community Liturgy & Christmas Celebration (Founders Chapel 4:30-6pm) | |
| 12 | Thursday | FST Zoom Lecture Series | |
| 20 | Friday | Last Day of FST Classes | |
| 20 | Friday | Last day to petition to take an incomplete for Fall 2024 | |
| 24-31 | Tuesday-Tuesday | FST Christmas and New Year’s Eve holiday (No classes; FST offices and library closed) | |
| 2025 | |||
| January | |||
| 1 | Wednesday | New Year’s Day holiday (FST offices and library closed) | |
| 3 | Friday | Final grades due for Fall 2024 | |
| 10 | Friday | Deadline to turn in incomplete work from Fall semester | |
| 20 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (FST offices and library closed) | |
| 22 | Wednesday | New on-campus student orientation | |
| 22-24 | Wednesday-Friday | FST Spring 2024 registration for new on-campus students. Late registration for continuing on-campus students. | |
| 27 | Monday | FST classes begin | |
| 31 | Friday | Final grades for Fall incompletes due | |
| February | |||
| 5 | Wednesday | Start of FST Community Liturgies and Meal (Founders Chapel 4:30-6pm) | |
| 7 | Friday | Deadline for registered on-campus students to make changes in Spring 2024 enrollment without special permission (no refund given beyond this point) | |
| 13 | Thursday | FST Zoom Lecture Series – Dr. Timothy Johnson | |
| 14 | Friday | Last day to petition for May 2024 graduation | |
| March | |||
| 10-14 | Monday-Friday | FST/USD Spring Break (no classes) | |
| 13 | Thursday | FST Zoom Lecture Series – Dr. Katherine Wrisley Shelby | |
| 26 | Wednesday | FST Community Liturgy and Meal-Canceled | |
| TBD | Saturday-Sunday | FST Student Retreat | |
| 31-Apr 4 | Monday-Friday | Advising Week – Fall 2025 for on-campus students | |
| April | |||
| 7-11 | Monday-Friday | Fall 2025 registration for on-campus students | |
| 10 | Thursday | FST Zoom Lecture Series – Ed Tverdek, OFM | |
| 16 | Wednesday | FST Community Liturgy-Canceled | |
| 17 | Thursday | Holy Thursday half-day holiday (FST offices closed at noon) | |
| 18 | Friday | Good Friday (FST offices closed) | |
| 21 | Monday | Easter Monday (FST offices closed) | |
| 28 | Monday | Filing deadline for MTS Thesis | |
| May | |||
| 8 | Thursday | FST Zoom Lecture Series – Johannes Freyer, OFM | |
| 14 | Wednesday | Last FST Community Liturgy and Meal (Founders Chapel 4:30-6pm) | |
| 23 | Friday | Last day of FST classes | |
| 23 | Friday | Last day to petition to take an incomplete for Spring 2024 | |
| 23 | Friday | Baccalaureate Mass (Immaculate Conception, 5:30pm) | |
| 24 | Saturday | FST Commencement (Mission San Luis Rey, 11:30am) | |
| 26 | Monday | Memorial Day holiday (FST offices and library closed) | |
| 30 | Friday | Final Spring grades due | |
| June | |||
| 6 | Friday | Deadline to turn in incomplete work from Spring 2024 | |
| 19 | Thursday | Juneteenth (FST offices closed) | |
| 27 | Friday | Final grades for Spring incompletes due | |
| July | |||
| 4 | Friday | Independence Day (FST offices closed) |
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