Library Closed on Tuesday 17 June 2025
Please note that the Library will be closed on Tuesday, 17th June to allow staff to attend a directorate event on the day.  All returns may be left in the secure returns box at the Library entrance, or at the Newman Siena Centre Reception.  Thank you

Recently Added Titles - UPDATED 12 June 2025
The June 2025 Recently Added Titles List is now available.
Please note: This list shows the most recent titles added to the collection at the Saint John Henry Newman Library. Please note that titles added may be published from various years and not limited to the current year.
Previous months' lists are also available here.

Social Justice Statement 2024-25
The Social Justice Statement for 2024-25, from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, is entitled Truth and Peace: A Gospel Word in a Violent World.  Australia’s Bishops scrutinise the signs of our own troubled times, observe the violence around us, ask why it is so and also ask what is needed if there is to be peace.  The Library has prepared links to resources which may be relevant to the Statement and is available below:

• Truth and Peace - Peace | Non-violence | War

Jubilee Year 2025
2025 is  the year of Jubilee in the Catholic Church.  A Jubilee is a significant moment in the life of the Church that happens every 25 years.  The year is themed "Pilgrims of Hope". Pope Francis has invited Catholics to review their hope and discover a vision that can "restore access to the fruits of the earth to everyone".   Learn more...

Learning Series Guides
The following subject guides are prepared to assist you in learning more about important subjects/topics in our collection.  Current guides can be viewed at the main webpage:

• Creatively Leading and Teaching RE in Schools
• Leading Catholic Identity and Mission
• God and Integral Ecology
• Catholic Pastoral Leaders and Spiritual Wellness
• Catholic Social Teaching
• Gospels
• Jesus
• Catholic Moral Teaching
• Leading Catholic Schools
• Sacraments

Learning Series Quick Links 
The following links provide quick access to assist you in learning more about related subject/topics in our collection.
Newest links appear at the top of the list:

• • Prayer
  • Mission of Catholic Education (Australia)
  • St. Paul. Pilgrim of Hope
  • St. Augustine of Hippo
  • Youth Ministry
  • St Thérèse’s of Lisieux
  • Venerable Matt Talbot
  • Church Architecture
  • Women in the Gospel of Luke
  • Mission of the Church
  • Ecology - Religious Aspects
  • Church History
  • Modern Theologians
  • Human Dignity
  • The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick
  • Laudato Si
  • Modern Slavery
  • Synodality

More Learning Series Quick Links can be accessed here.

Recommend a Title
The Library welcomes title recommendations from members, to be included in the collection.  These may be submitted via the Recommend a title form.  All recommendations are considered in light of the Library's Collection Development Policy.

Library members have access to over 8,000 ebook titles
Access the Library's collection of over 8,000 curated electronic book titles from wherever you are, on demand.  Ebook titles are displayed with print books in the search results can be immediately accessed by clicking on the "View ebook" icon and logging in with your library membership card number and password.  If you need assistance, please contact sjhnlibrary@cewa.edu.au.

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