BRISBANE’S Ligouri Reading Centre has the sort of problem you don’t expect to read about.
The centre has responsibility for 37,000 books on the Catholic faith, many very rare, that will soon be homeless.
Among books at the Ligouri Reading Centre are collections of retired Bishop John Gerry, Fr Ferdie Parer and a portion of the Aquinas library collection, formerly housed at the Catholic Centre near St Stephen’s Cathedral.
President Maureen Gleeson’s problems started just over a week ago when she learnt the centre she’d helped run as a volunteer since 1994 would have to vacate its 266 Roma Street premises.
“I’ve only got until the end of October to find storage for this magnificent collection,” Mrs Gleeson said.
During this time, the collection had been housed rent free through the kindness and enthusiasm of solicitors Grasso, Searles, Romano.
This all changed with the sudden announcement that, due to unforseen circumstances, the premises were to be sold.
The collection occupies about 30 cubic metres and currently filling a 10 by 16 metre room.
Mrs Gleeson said she needed a miracle.
“We need immediate safe, free storage for the books until we can find a permanent home,” she said.
