The Carmelite Library

20/08/2024

The Carmelite Library is excited to announce that we are having a book sale! As part of our ongoing collection management efforts, including a recent library-wide journal stocktake, we have identified a number of items that are no longer required for our collection.

Read more about it in our August Newsletter here: https://divinity.libguides.com/CarmeliteLibrary/news

30/03/2024

Wishing you all a very happy and blessed Easter from all the team at the Carmelite Library. 🐣🌄🐰

We will be open 10am-3pm as usual on Easter Tuesday.

04/03/2024

Did you know we have a Mindfulness Corner at the Carmelite Library? ✨🌿💆‍♀️

Unwind with knitting, colouring, and puzzles to nurture your mind and spirit. Visit our Mindfulness Corner today to take a moment for yourself to pause and relax.

Open from 10am-3pm every Tuesday. 🙌

26/02/2024

Sit with the Saints ✨🪑📚

Come in and read the works of some of the most influential spiritual writers across the centuries and let them guide you on your journey.

Open every Tuesday 10am-3pm. 🙌

15/02/2024

15/02/2024

🎉Exciting News! The Carmelite Library is open! 🎉Last week, we reopened our doors to book lovers, knowledge seeks and vanilla slice connoisseurs, and we couldn't be more thrilled to welcome you all back.

Open every Tuesday from 10am to 3pm, our library offers a tranquil space for you to expand your horizons and dive into the world of spiritual literature. 🌍📖✨

📣 Spread the word and share this exciting news with your friends and family! Let's celebrate the reopening of the Carmelite Library together! See you on Tuesday!

20/09/2023

Here is Philip Harvey’s introduction to his presentation on ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’, given at Spiritual Reading Group in the Carmelite Library, Wednesday the 20th of September 2023.:

Philip Harvey’s introduction to his presentation on ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’, given at Spiritual Reading Group in the Carmelite Library, Wednesday the 20th of September 2023.

17/09/2023

Ways of reading ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’. This Wednesday the 20th of September, 10.30-12 midday is Spiritual Reading group at the Carmelite Library. You are welcome to come along, if you are free. I will be presenting on ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’, a short medieval guidebook to the practice of contemplation of God. Written in Middle English, the many modernised versions of the text are a testament to the book’s popularity. In this session, held ‘in person’ in the Library, we look at some of the sentences in ‘The Cloud’ and how we can use them in our own daily lives. The session is also an opportunity to appreciate the work of two Melburnians, recently departed, who read and wrote with insight about this spiritual classic, the poet Jordie Albiston (1961-2022) and the priest-scholar Austin Cooper (1931-2023).

28/08/2023

On Wednesday the 21st of June Cecily Clark gave a Spiritual Reading Group presentation on the story of Rumpelstiltskin. Here, in two parts, are Cecily’s notes for the session:

On Wednesday the 21st of June Cecily Clark gave a Spiritual Reading Group presentation on the story of Rumpelstiltskin.  Here, in two parts, are Cecily’s notes for the session.

25/07/2023

The Library of Father Bob Maguire
HUGE CLEARANCE
ALL STOCK MUST GO
GIGANTIC BARGAINS

Next time you are in the Library you must check out the books of Fr Bob Maguire. In May the Father Bob Maguire Foundation donated the religious section of his impressive collection to the Library. We have sorted those that must be added to the Library collection, which leaves a sizable range that we either hold already or that fall outside our scope.
You will be pleasantly surprised at the range and depth of his reading interests. Be the first person on your block to have a Maguire book, or three, on your shelf. There’s some great value material. Each book has been marked inside with a special identifying stamp. The books are displayed on the sale shelves near the entrance to the Library, priced at $10, $5, and $2, with some high quality material at $20. Cash preferred.

16/06/2023

You are all welcome to attend zoom Spiritual Reading Group, this coming Wednesday. Cecily Clark will takes us on an exploration of Spinning Straw into Gold – the Rumpelstiltskin effect, Wednesday 21 June, 10.30am to 12.00pm. Details here: https://www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org/events/on-zoom-spiritual-reading-group-cecily-clark-on-spinning-straw-into-gold-the-rumpelstiltskin-effectwednesday-21-june-10-30am-to-12-00pm/