The Emmaus Library houses the Kevin O’Sullivan Collection, and includes over 5000 titles relating to Christianity. Subject areas include Theology, Bible commentaries, Church history, NZ History and Personal growth and practical ministry.
Location
Emmaus at Cornerstone - L Block, Cornerstone Christian School, 91 Mihaere Drive, Palmerston North.
Annual Subscription Cost
Membership is $25 per year. Subscriptions last 12 months from the date of subscribing. Payment can be made to the Emmaus bank account: 38-9008-0801444-00. Please reference your Name and Library Fees.
Emmaus Students have free membership included in their course fee for the term they are attending.
Opening Hours
Tuesdays before classes
Thursdays 12.00pm – 2.00pm
More times TBA
How to Join
Come into the library and see one of our friendly librarians. There you will fill out your enrolment form (please take along some ID).
Online KOHA Catalogue
The collection is also accessible through an online electronic catalogue built using KOHA, a library platform designed originally in New Zealand. Check it out. on this link. Emmaus Library
The Library Committee
Behind the librarian and volunteer librarians who keep the Emmaus Library open is a governing Library Committee. The Library Committee develop the collection, services, staff, policies and facilities to support the librarians.
The Library Committee consists of representatives from Emmaus and the wider community.
Library History
The library was opened in February 2011 by Kevin O’Sullivan, after whom the collection is named. The collection contains a wide range of Christian reading material. It originally began as a combination of the Manawatu Branch of the Bible College of New Zealand (BCNZ) and St Alban’s Presbyterian Church, where the Bible College was first established in 1987.
In 2003, the branch and library moved to premises in Queen Street where it remained until the branch closure in December 2010 when it was moved to the Chaplaincy Centre at Massey University.
At the end of 2018 the library was gifted by the Christian Leaders Association to the Emmaus Walk Trust, and moved to All Saints Church in Palmerston North. Emmaus was hosted at All Saints for 11 years.
In 2024 Emmaus moved to Cornerstone Christian School to it’s new home in L Block.
Today the Emmaus Library provides bibliographic resources, research services and a study environment to help equip people in their Christian ministry and mission.” We want to support those undertaking Christian academic studies, be that locally or by distance.
