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23/17 From the President: Over the past year I imagine that everyone has had many trips to the library. There was research to be done for assignments, or references to check, or bibliographies to finalise. No place of higher education could function without good library facilities. We at CIS are very fortunate to have an excellent library. A library collection is built up over time. The Veech collection goes back to the days when John Bede Polding was archbishop of Sydney. It has continued to grow ever since. Not only did Polding establish a collection for students that included material necessary for priestly studies, but it was also a monastic collection, meant for research and scholarship. To this day the library contains a few thousand books that are classed as rare or old. These are seventeenth century or older. In the last fifty years there has been an explosion in publishing. New printing techniques and the advent of the paperback made books much more accessible. More recently, electronic dissemination is changing the way we access and read published material. Whereas once the only way to access the library collection was to sit in the library to read what was there, or perhaps borrow the book if the library was a lending library, today we can access parts of the library collection from wherever there is an internet collection. Automation has made it easier to discover and retrieve material, especially if it is published in a relatively unknown source. I guess most of us these days access some of the Veech collection from home. One of the joys of searching for material is stumbling upon information that is just what we need, but which we weren’t directly looking for. Personally, I find browsing the shelves in the library a very useful thing to do. It is amazing what you can come across. So, when you go to find a book, take some time to see what is on the shelves around it. The Veech Library has various collections that are of a more specialised kind. In the course of writing assignments most people do not need to access these collections, which are mainly used by researchers. Let me mention just a couple of these. As well as the old and rare book collection that I have already mentioned, there is the Australian Catholic Documentation collection. This collection has material that relates to the history of Catholicism in Australia, but with an emphasis on the lives of ordinary Catholics and local parishes. The Church Music Collection is another unique collection. It has music that has been used in Catholic liturgy in Australia. Anyone looking at this collection as a whole would get a good sense of how Catholics in Australia have worshipped over two centuries. I hope you have been able to make the most of the marvellous resources of the Veech Library over this past year. As the year draws to a close, let’s thank the library staff for the work they do in the library. This involves not just selecting new works to add to the various collections; not just cataloguing books; and not just keeping the library in good working order so that we can all access the materials, whether they be print or electronic. It also involves the assistance they give to each of us individually when we need help or a looking for something specific. So, take time to thank them at the end of the year. Fr Gerard Kelly Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. 7th November Catholic Institute Of Sydney All are invited to watch the running of the Melbourne Cup in the Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon. Drinks and nibbles will be available from 2.40pm. 23/17 REGISTRATIONS 2018 REGISTRATIONS For continuing students Week 13, Monday 6 - Thursday 9 November, 2017 11.30am – 5.45 pm (excluding 1 – 2pm) The registration procedure is: Students are required to make an appointment to see a student advisor. This can be done by contacting the Registry Secretary, Mrs Mary Cassar by phone ( 9752 9501 ) or email ( mcassar@cis.catholic.edu.au ). Please advise if you anticipate needing a longer consultation than the 10 minutes allocated for this process. Such may be the case for students nearing the completion of studies and hence requiring more time to discuss course progression/potential graduation etc. It is recommend that you view the upcoming timetable beforehand. Upon arrival, obtain a copy of your transcript from the Registry. You will then be directed to a student advisor who will either help you in your choices of course unit/s or confirm the choices you have made. Students who arrive for registration without an appointment will still be seen, but will be required to wait for the next available student advisor. Students on International Student Visas MUST contact the Registrar to ensure their visa conditions are met. The student advisor will then lodge your completed Registration Form at the Registry. Seminarians do not need to make an appointment with CIS, this will be handled by your seminary. The Dean of Studies at each seminary is the designated student advisor for the students concerned. Please note the following: Registrations will not be accepted by email or by phone. Should you not be able to present personally for Registration during the allocated week, you should request an interview with the Registrar either by speaking with the Registry Secretary, or emailing registrar@cis.catholic.edu.au Should you wish to register into a Research Project, or a Research Essay, or another form of independent guided study, you are required to complete one of the Special Registration Application forms. These are available online or from the Registry shelves. This application should be discussed with the Registrar or Academic Dean before registration week. Registrations for January Intensive Units close on Thursday 7 December, 2017. Registrations for Semester 1, 2017 Units close on 18 January, 2018. Late Registrations are possible by appointment with the Registrar from: 29 November – 7 December, 2017; and 16 – 18 January, 2017. Late Registrations may be subject to a $100 Fee. The viability of course units will be determined on the closing dates for Registration. Should cancellation of a course unit occur, due to insufficient enrolments, you will be contacted by the Registry to make an alternate choice. Jason Israel Registrar CARDINAL NORMAN THOMAS GILROY BIOGRAPHY Cardinal Gilroy was Archbishop of Sydney from 1940 to 1971. A biography by John Luttrell fms, entitled Norman Thomas Gilroy: An Obedient Life (St Pauls Publications), will be launched by Archbishop Anthony Fisher at St Benedict’s Hall, University of Notre Dame, Broadway on Thursday, 26 October 2017, at 5.00pm for 5.30pm. For attendance, email sonja@stpauls.com.au or phone (02) 9394 Catholic Institute Of Sydney3400; rsvp 20 October. Information on the book is available at www.stpauls.com.au. WEEKDAY MASS Mass this week is on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. No Mass on WEDNESDAY. 23/17 From CISSA President: I would like to inform all students and faculty that the Annual AGM will take place in Week 12, Tuesday 31st October at 5:30pm in the Ryan Auditorium, above the Veech Library at the Catholic Institute of Sydney. At the AGM both myself, Darren Caballero and Roberto Keryakos will deliver general reports concerning the running of the Catholic Institute of Sydney Student Association over the past 12 months and election of the new general council or re-election of current members of our student council. There will be CISSA Council Nomination forms placed in student areas around the institute. Once complete, the nomination forms need to be placed in the ballot box within the student registry. In week 12 all lectures are to end 30 minutes early as CISSA will be holding our end of semester function. This semester we will be having antipasto platters and nibbles. On behalf of myself and fellow CISSA Councilors, Darren and Roberto it has been a great honour to serve you all here at CIS and we hope to be reelected to serve you all again for a further 12 months, to be your voice at our various committee meetings that we attend as your student representatives as part of the general governance body that runs the Catholic Institute of Sydney. We would like to wish each and everyone of you a very Merry and Holy Christmas with your family and friends and to return to CIS in 2018 safe and well. Michael Lilley The 2017 SCD Centre for Gospels Research Essay Prize The SCD will award a prize for the most excellent essay submitted on a Gospel or Acts topic. The essay must have been submitted in 2017 as an assessment towards any SCD course, and must have received a Distinction or High Distinction Grade. The cash prize will be presented at the 2018 SCD Graduation Ceremony on 14 April 2018. Catholic Institute Of Sydney Applications for the prize should be submitted to Dr Peter Bolt at the SCD by 31 December 2017. The submitted essay should be a clean copy. It should also include a signed statement from the Academic Dean confirming: the SCD award in which the student is enrolled; the calendar year in which the essay was submitted; and confirmation of the grade awarded to the essay. .

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