We are appealing for assistance on two fronts: volunteers to help with our move out of Mitchell House, and for our end of year finacial appeal.
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19 June 2024
Library Operations & Talks
Operations
We shall shortly reopen regularly for visitors to the Library – We hope and expect to be open at North Melbourne, initially on Wednesdays from 11.30 am to 3.30 pm. Please wait for confirmation by email and on our website.
Also, you can request books by email or reserve on our catalogue.
18 June 2024
FEASTS AND SEASONS
2024 is the Centenary of the Library!
Also, the 150th Birthday of G K Chesterton. On 29 May 1874, Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born. He is special to the Library, for three reasons at least.
29 November 2023
2023 Advent talk series launched
The Library is delighted to announce our programme of talks for Advent 2023.
- Fr Joseph Vnuk OP – Christ - Fulfilment of the Prophecies, TUESDAY, 5 DECEMBER, 6 PM
- Sr Mary Sarah Galbraith OP – Our Lady – Behold the handmaid of the Lord, TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER, 7.45 PM
- Fr Colin Nunis, of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church - An Eastern Catholic perspective on Christmas, MONDAY, 18 DECEMBER, 6 PM
Venue details are below, and will be included in separate Events announcements.
28 March 2023
Opening hours for Library
The Library will be open at North Melbourne on Wednesdays from 11 am to 3pm, as a pilot project until end of April.
If there is any unusual interruption of this arrangement, a notice will be laced on the website. For further details, contact Anthony Krohn on 0411 483 494.
30 November 2022
Late opening today: November 30
Due to a lack of staff, the Library opening today will be delayed to 1pm. We apologise for any inconvience caused.
1 November 2022
BACK TO ORDINARY OPERATIONS FOR THE LIBRARY
We are grateful for many telephone calls and other contacts asking when (and where) the Library will be reopening. Your Committee has been challenged a bit more over the last two years than over some longer periods, and many of us live out of Melbourne, but with the help of Fr Nicholas Pearce and his glorious student volunteers, we have moved the shopfront selection of collection to Saint Michael’s Catholic Centre at 456 Dryburgh Street, North Melbourne, on the ground floor of Saint Michael’s presbytery.
1 November 2022
Feast of St John XXIII
It is Spring in Australia, and so we are in the midst of floods. We also recently celebrated the Feast of Pope Saint John XXIII, on 11 October.
Why is Pope John’s Feast Day celebrated on 11 October? It is because on this day in 1962 he solemnly opened the Second Vatican Council.
22 June 2022
Undertones of War: CD launch a big hit
On 22 June 2022, the Library held its first "in-person" event since the restrictions caused by the corona virus. We celebrated the launch of a new CD recording of organ music and some choral music, the pieces selected and the organ played by Dr Rob Stove, long time supporter and volunteer at the Library, and the sound engineering by Mr Thomas Grubb, assistant organist at S. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne.
11 June 2021
New digs for the Caroline Chisholm Library!
The Caroline Chisholm Library has been at Mitchell House in the CBD for many years. But rent has risen significantly in the last few years, and is by far our biggest cost. The Library Committee has been looking for new premises where we could continue our ministry while also freeing up funds for new ventures.
Through a recent happy (and, we believe, inspired) encounter between our Treasurer’s family and Fr Nicholas Pearce, newly appointed chaplain to the University of Melbourne and parish priest of St. Michael’s North Melbourne, Fr Nicholas learned of the Library's need. At that time, he was planning a Catholic Centre for the ground floor of his presbytery to support the work of Catholic chaplaincy at the University of Melbourne, and invited the Library to take up residence.
7 September 2020
Vale Fr Paul Mankowski S.J. (1953 - 2020)
The Caroline Chisholm Library community joins many in prayer and sorrow at the news of the sudden death of Fr Paul Mankowski S.J. this week.
To call him an outstanding and incisive man of letters would be to radically understate the man.
1 June 2020
Pentecost 2020
In this extraordinary time of pestilence, we pray for eternal life for those who have died, consolation for those who mourn, courage and serenity for the isolated, healing for the sick, courage and strength for all those who are helping the sick and fighting the disease, continued health for those who are well, and all help and courage and hope for all of us who are affected by the corona virus – directly or indirectly.
What does it mean for all of us on the annual celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit? And what does it mean for the Library? Our beautiful Library has been restricted ... so what next?
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