Horarium
  • Monday - Friday

    7:00am Mass & Lauds
    12:00pm Rosary & Sext
    5:30pm Readings & Vespers
    9:00pm Compline (M-Th)
  • Holy Hour

    Wednesdays from 4:15pm until 5:15pm

  • Sunday

    8:30am Readings & Lauds
    11:15am Mass
    5:20pm Rosary
    5:40pm Vespers
    9:00pm Compline
  • Saturday

    8:00am Mass & Lauds
    12:00pm Readings & Sext
    5:20pm Rosary
    5:40pm Vespers
Calendar
  • Friday, May 17

    Commencement

  • Friday, May 24

    Priesthood Ordinations

    Offices and Library Closed

  • Monday, May 27

    Memorial Day

    Offices and Library Closed

  • Tuesday, May 28

    Summer Session Begins

  • Monday, August 19

    9:30am - New Student Orientation

    11:45am - Opening Mass of the Holy Spirit

  • Tuesday, August 20

    Classes Begin

  • Monday, September 2

    Labor Day

    No Classes; Offices and Library Closed

  • Wednesday, September 4

    Last Day to Add or Drop Courses

  • Friday, October 11

    Last Day to Submit Work for Incompletes from the Previous Semester

  • Monday, October 14

    Columbus Day

    No Classes; Offices and Library Closed

  • Tuesday, October 15

    Administrative Monday (Monday Classes Held)

  • Monday-Thursday, October 28-31

    Registration for Spring 2014 Classes

  • Thursday, October 31

    7:30pm All Saints Vigil, DHS Chapel

  • Friday, November 1

    Registration for Spring 2014 Classes

  • Tuesday-Wednesday, November 26-27

    Reading Days

    No Classes; Offices and Library Close Wednesday at 3pm

  • Thursday-Friday, November 22-23

    Thanksgiving Recess

    No Classes; Offices and Library Closed

  • Friday, December 6

    Classes End

  • Monday, December 9

    Reading Day

  • Tuesday-Friday, December 10-13

    Final Exam Week

  • Friday, December 20

    Library and Offices Close at Noon for Christmas Break

Visiting the Pontifical Faculty

The Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (PFIC), run by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph, is a unique school for graduate studies in the Thomistic theological tradition.

We encourage prospective students to visit. When you come to visit, you can

  • Tour the school and the library
  • Meet our staff and have your questions answered
  • Sit in for classes
  • Speak with students
  • Join us in prayer

The Pontifical Faculty is located in Northeast Washington, D. C., just across the street from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Get Directions to the Pontifical Faculty

To make arrangements for a visit, please contact our registrar, Fr. Allen Moran, O.P., or call (202) 495-3836.