Visitor Information

The Library is open to the public and used by a wide spectrum of researchers from high-school students to well-established scholars. Visitors should identify themselves at the Seminary entrance as library patrons and sign in at the circulation desk when they arrive at the Library.

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Visitors who wish to borrow library materials may purchase a visitor's library card ($15.00 for six months; $25.00 for a year). This card permits the visitor to borrow five items at any one time. Visitor's library cards are provided without charge to members of the following groups:

• Catholic priests, deacons, and religious brothers and sisters within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  
• Graduates of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary who have received a B.A., M.A., or M.Div.
  
• Persons employed by the Central Offices of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  
• Non-Catholic clergy resident within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  
• Faculty and students of TCLC or SEPTLA institutions with appropriate identification and/or letter of introduction

Directions to the Library.

For additional information, please call 610-785-6274 or email the Library .