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This library consists of several thousand theological books and journals to meet the needs of the SVD seminarians for their undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The library is accessible to YTU and MCD students by appointment. Subjects covered are: scripture; spirituality; theology; pastoral ministry; ecclesiology; church history; interreligious dialogue and comparative religion.

The specialist Missiological books and some bound journals purchased by the Divine Word Missionaries are housed on the main YTU campus in St Paschal Library to be more readily available to all students.

Since 1992 the cataloguing is on-line. The library is a participating member of the YTU Union Catalogue database established in 2005 and accessible on the internet. There is a card catalogue of books purchased prior to 1992. Significant journal articles are indexed on-line to facilitate students’ research.

The Library Manager is Siobhan Foster, B.A., B.Theol., Dip.Lib.

Accessing the Library catalogue, please click the link below:

Patrick Murphy Memorial Library Catalogue

Dorish Maru College is the Divine Word Residence for seminarians who are pursuing their theological training in preparation for ordination and for SVD priests who come to do post-graduate work in Melbourne. The principle tasks of the College are to prepare Divine Word seminarians for the service of the local Church and the Church overseas and provide a supportive community for those doing post-graduate studies.
The College is under the patronage of St. Joseph Freinademetz, one of the first SVD to serve in China.

Dorish Maru College is located on the campus of Yarra Theological Union. In 2013 we have five seminarians preparing for ordination and three seminarians preparing to do their Overseas Training Program in Australia. We also have two SVD priests doing ;ost-graduate studies

Besides studying the required courses for ordination and for the awards of Bachelor of Theology and Master of Theological Studies, every student is involved in pastoral ministry in the city, mainly with the poor, homeless and marginalized people. They also carry out active music ministry in three parishes on the weekends. The students are also responsible for preparing the liturgy, including daily Mass and morning and evening prayer, in the College.

The seminarians do their education and training in the MCD University of Divinity and attend most of their courses at Yarra Theological Union (YTU), one of the Recognized Teaching Institutions of the MCD University. YTU is known in the University for its community spirit and its hospitality. Thanks to the SVD, Yarra Theological Union has always had a reputation for offering a strong program in Mission Studies; they have provided full-time lecturers in this field for the staff as well as visiting lecturers with mission experience. Currently Jacob Kavunkal is the coordinator of this program for YTU.