The schedule at Mundelein Seminary is tailored to help seminarians become priests through the four pillars of formation: human, academic, spiritual, and pastoral.

7:15 a.m. Community Morning Prayer.

7:40 a.m. Mass. Once per week, a bilingual mass is celebrated in English and Spanish. Certain parts of the mass are also celebrated in Latin, Polish, and Swahili throughout the year.

(Interior of the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Mundelein Seminary)

8:25 a.m. Breakfast.

9:15 a.m. Classes. Seminarians take up to two classes in the morning. In addition to academic formation, they have class formation every week and spiritual direction at least twice per month.

12:05 p.m. Lunch.


(Gazebo overlooking Lake St. Mary, on the grounds of Mundelein Seminary)

1:10 p.m. Classes. Seminarians take up to three classes in the afternoon. They also participate in field education at least once a week, which varies for each class. Examples of field education include ministering in jails, nursing homes, juvenile detention centers, homeless shelters, food pantries, parishes, schools, etc.

5:15 p.m. Evening Prayer. Each evening, Vespers is said in community, but can vary according to cam, language group, and diocese.

5:30 p.m. Dinner.


(Dinner in the Mundelein Seminary Dining Hall)

6:30 p.m. Adoration and Rosary.

7:30 p.m. Free time. When not in class and during the weekends, seminarians use their free time to study, serve at their field education sites, assist at parishes, run errands, exercise, volunteer, pray, and even catch a nap! They also participate in clubs such as the Respect Life and the Peace and Justice Clubs; and seminary activities, such as choir, and intramural sports.

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