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. Alumni can look forward to a celebratory Welcome Reception on Friday, September 12, followed by the Dean's Lecture event. Saturday afternoon, following seminar and then lunch, three return-to-campus programs are available: lab, chorus, and pottery workshop. In addition, drop-in activities in the library, on the soccer field, and a networking event with current students are also available. Sunday is dedicated to the In Memoriam, All-Alumni Meeting & Elections, and Farewell Brunch, all partnerships with the Alumni Association. We encourage you to plan your class reunion activities early to supplement the college’s Homecoming offerings.
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.
Registration
The entire Homecoming schedule will be published in January 2025. Registration will open on Monday, June 2, with a discounted ticket cost. Regular-priced tickets will be available for purchase from Tuesday, July 1, through Friday, August 29. We are unable to accommodate late event registrations, including in-person.
Accommodations
Reserve your lodging in Santa Fe early! Current students fully occupy on-campus housing. Special SJC rates offered at a number of local hotels via our travel partner, Campus Travel Management.
Airport Shuttle
To help with your trip planning, here is a list of ground transportation options to Santa Fe from the Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) airport.
The Santa Fe Regional Airport (SAF) also has direct flights from Denver, Phoenix, and Dallas.
