St. John’s College invites our alumni, families, and partners to return to the Land of Enchantment for Santa Fe Homecoming, September 12-14, 2025. The weekend includes highlights such as the Friday reception, Saturday seminar, Homecoming lunch, and the Alumni Association brunch on Sunday morning. We encourage you to plan your class reunion activities, such as dinner on Saturday, early to supplement the college’s Homecoming offerings.
We look forward to welcoming you back to Santa Fe for a weekend of camaraderie, reflection, and celebration!
Plan Ahead
, which is subject to change before registration opens. Check back regularly for updates, including details about the Dean’s Lecture & Concert.
Registration opens Monday, June 2, with a special early-bird rate of $100. After July 1, regular tickets will be available until August 29. Please note, we cannot accommodate late registrations, including walk-ins.
Homecoming Seminar
The Homecoming Seminar reading for 2025 is James Joyce’s “The Dead,” the final tale in Dubliners. The Homecoming seminar is an occasion for the alumni body to read and discuss a common text. This mirrors the Johnnie student experience of each class year reading the same assignment in multiple classrooms. We hope it will foster community spirit among alumni as you join each other throughout the weekend to compare notes on what was discussed in the other seminars. Each seminar will be comprised of alumni from one or multiple classes.
The Dean and the Instruction Committee have selected the seminar reading. James Joyce’s “The Dead” follows Gabriel Conroy in his interactions, thoughts, and shifting moods during the evening of January 6, 1904, when he and his wife Gretta attend an Epiphany party at Gabriel’s aunts’ house in Dublin. Ranging from politics and class tensions to the passion, tenderness, and disappointments of family and marital life, “The Dead” is a lyrical and melancholy meditation on the nature of human life.
Accommodations
Reserve your lodging in Santa Fe early! Current students fully occupy on-campus housing. .
Airport Shuttle
To help with your trip planning, .
The Santa Fe Regional Airport (SAF) also has direct flights from Denver, Phoenix, and Dallas.
