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Catholic Institute of Sydney

Locality: Strathfield, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9752 9500

Address: 99 Albert Road 2135 Strathfield, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.cis.catholic.edu.au

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25.01.2022 On Friday Night 4th May, Prof Isabell Naumann welcomed back our recent graduates for evening prayer and a reception. Best of wishes for your future endeavours.

25.01.2022 The Veech Library will be closed to students and visitors from 4th December 2017 till 2nd January 2018. All book returns can be placed in the external return shute. We wish all our students and visitors a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

24.01.2022 Recently the 39th Governor of New South Wales, Governor Margaret Beazley, was sworn-in on the 140 year-old bible of the second Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Reverend Roger William Bede Vaughan. The Bible is held in the Veech Library at the Catholic Institute of Sydney. You can see more details of the event at https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/39th-nsw-governor-swears/

23.01.2022 Interesting Facts about the Veech Library No 11. One of the more unusual items in our special collections are these original leaves illustrating the evolution of black letter types. There are 9 mounted leaves in a portfolio that span 1450 1517 and include examples of fraktur, rotunda, and nonpareil gothic type.

23.01.2022 Study Skills Morning to be held on Saturday 17th March 9.30am - 12.30pm. All new and existing students welcome! A great opportunity for new students. Content will include how to write an essay through every step of the way. From analysing the essay question, preparing a mind map, researching the essay, planning material to use, proper documentation of sources, editing and computer use is essay writing. Contact the Registry office for more information.

23.01.2022 On Friday 6th April 2018 Sr Isabell Naumann welcomed Most Rev Anthony Fisher, Archbishop of Sydney, and other invited guests to a reception to thank Rev Dr Gerard Kelly for his 14 years as president. Photos taken by Mr Christian Ferlauto.

22.01.2022 The Catholic Institute of Sydney will be closed on Friday 22nd December 2017 and reopen on 2nd January 2018. Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

20.01.2022 The Sydney College of Divinity held its Graduation Ceremony on Saturday 14th April at the Great Hall, Sydney University. Congratulations to all our Graduates.

17.01.2022 Looking to study in 2018. Registrations for study in 2018 Summer School Intensives or Semester 1 open on 6th November 2017. Contact the Registry to book an appointment.

17.01.2022 Would you like to attend a behind the scenes look at the Veech Library closed stack collection. Each tour will include a closer look at some of our more significant items, a tour of the stack area and refreshments in the library. Places for each session are limited and bookings are essential, you can book by emailing [email protected] or calling the library on 9752 9530.

17.01.2022 Interesting Facts about the Veech Libray No. 9. EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS BODMER VIII The Bibliotheca Bodmeriana in Geneva holds an extraordinary collection of Greek papyri. Martin Bodmer, the founder of the library, presented Pope Paul VI with a small bundle of papyrus sheets in 1969 when he visited Geneva. Known as the Bodmer Papyrus VIII, this is the oldest known copy of the first two letters of Saint Peter, and Paul VI housed the precious document in the Vatican Library. In 2003, when Pope John Paul II celebrated the twenty-fifth year of his pontificate, each cardinal was presented with a copy of this manuscript. Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy was one of the recipients of this limited edition of 980 copies. His Eminence generously gave his replica to the Veech Library in November, 2003.

17.01.2022 Interesting Facts about the Veech Library No. 8 A letter to the Marquise de Maignelay, Claude-Marguerite De Gondi, written around 1620 by St Vincent de Paul. This item, held in the Veech Library Collection, underwent conservation treatment by Preservation Australia as part of a Community Heritage Grant from the National Library of Australia.

16.01.2022 Staff and students participating in Supervised Pastoral Ministry Hospital at St Vincents Hospital had an opportunity to meet and have a photo taken with Cardinal Ribat who was visiting St Vincents to see where many of his M.S.C confreres from PNG have been treated over many years. The photograph was taken just after Cardinal Ribat celebrated Mass for staff and patients in the Xavier chapel at St Vincents. Photo: Dr John Collins (left) and Cardinal Ribat (middle) with students.

16.01.2022 Veech Library Book Sale Second Hand Books at Bargain Prices! Saturday 13 October 2018 from 9am - 2pm in the Catholic Institute of Sydney Basement Carpark... Subjects include: theology, spirituality, church history, philosophy & general non-fiction. Enquiries: 9752 9530 or [email protected]

16.01.2022 Interesting Facts about the Veech Library No. 10 Octavio van Veen, also known as Otto Vaenius (c.1560-1629) was admired as an erudite painter and writer. The Veech Library holds an edition of his Vita D. Thomae Aquinatis from 1610, it comprises a pictorial history of the life of Saint Thomas Aquinas with short texts of explanation in Latin to accompany the thirty one illustrations. Plate 24 (pictured) depicts St Thomas presiding over a leg operation. He is standing in the centre of a room and a surgeon is disinfecting a knife in a flaming brazier before operating on the leg of a friar.

16.01.2022 Study Skills Morning. All students are welcome. Saturday 23rd March 9.30 am - 12.30pm Please see TIN for more information.Study Skills Morning. All students are welcome. Saturday 23rd March 9.30 am - 12.30pm Please see TIN for more information.

14.01.2022 Interesting Facts about the Veech Library No. 6 WORKS OF MARTIN LUTHER The Veech Library holds 19 volumes that contain the original sermons and writings of Martin Luther. They date from 1518-1541 and are in 19th century half-calf binding These were originally from the library of William Ullathorne, a Benedictine who arrived in Sydney as Vicar general of NSW in February, 1833. Ullathorne bought each volume for half a crown from Grant &Boltons bookshop in Dame Street, Dublin.

13.01.2022 Today we welcome Dr Stephen Oakshott, 3rd from right, to CIS as the Head Librarian of the Veech Library.

13.01.2022 Happy New Year to all our students, new and continuing. Summer Intensives commence 7th January 2019. Veech Library is open 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday.

10.01.2022 Contact the Registry to make an appointment for Semester 2 Enrolments

08.01.2022 Semester 1 classes commenced this week. A warm welcome to all our returning & new students.

08.01.2022 Still a few places left to sign up for a tour of the Veech Library.

08.01.2022 Interesting Facts about the Veech Library No. 7 SUPPLEMENTUM CHRONICARIUM Giacomo Filippo de Bergamo (1435-1520) was an Augustinian monk of the noble family Foresti. As well as writing several significant early printed works, he attempted to reconstruct a general history of all time by fusing the narratives of historians and chroniclers of the past. The Veech Library holds the first edition of his Supplementum Chronicarum printed in Venice in 1483. It ran to numerous subsequent editions and was translated into the vernacular in 1491.

08.01.2022 Thats it! Semester 2 is over. Results were posted last week. We wish all of students a Happy Christmas and safe New Year and look forward to seeing them in 2018. Photo taken by one of our Librarians, Mrs Dib.

07.01.2022 Welcome to Semester 1. Please make sure to take a copy of The Institute News (TIN) to find out whats happening this week. We hope you enjoy your studies in 2019.Welcome to Semester 1. Please make sure to take a copy of The Institute News (TIN) to find out whats happening this week. We hope you enjoy your studies in 2019.

06.01.2022 Our Spring Mid-Semester break starts today. The Veech Libary will be open normal semester hours so take the time to visit and get in some extra study.

04.01.2022 Opening hours for the Easter period & mid semester vacation are: Holy Thursday: 9am - 5pm Good Friday to Easter Monday: Closed Tuesday 3 April - Thursday 5 April: 9am - 8pm Friday 6 April : 9am - 5pm... Saturday 7 April: 10am - 3pm We wish all our students a Peaceful and Happy Easter. All classes will recommence on Monday 9th April.

02.01.2022 Reformation Exhibition. Reformation display currently on in the Veech Library. Items include some of the original sermons and writings of Martin Luther - dating from 1518-1541. Come and take a look!

02.01.2022 Its Study Week. The Veech Library is closed on Monday for the Public Holiday but will be open normal semester hours all this week.