Instituto Salesiano

Instituto Salesiano
慈幼中學
School building
Location
Map
16 Rua de São Lourenço
Macau
Information
TypeGovernment subsidized
MottoPURI ET FORTES (Latin)
純潔與剛毅 (Chinese)
Established1906
PrincipalMr. Leong, Su Weng
GradesP.1 - F.6
GenderMale Only
Enrollment1896
Education systemSecondary Section:GCE
LanguageEnglish&Cantonese
AffiliationSalesians of Don Bosco
Websiteism.edu.mo
Instituto Salesiano
Traditional Chinese澳門慈幼中學
Simplified Chinese澳门慈幼中学
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÀomén Cíyòu Zhōngxué
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingou3 mun4*2 ci4 jau3 zung1 hok6

Instituto Salesiano (or IS, Instituto Salesiano da Imaculada Conceição, Chinese: 澳門慈幼中學) is a Catholic elementary school through secondary school in São Lourenço (St. Lawrence's Parish), Macau.[1] The school is one of the oldest educational institutions founded in Macau. The medium of instruction is English, although some particular subjects such as Chinese Literature and Chinese History are taught in Cantonese. It is a member of the Macau Catholic Schools Association.

History

Instituto Salesiano was established in 1906, during the Qing dynasty, by Fr. Louis Versiglia.[2][3] The school is run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, aims at giving the students a complete and balanced education in different aspects. The campus, front of St. Lawrence's Church, was originally owned by the British East India Company. Since 1976, the school has become an exam center of General Certificate of Education as well as an exam center of City and Guilds of London Institute.

People's Education [zh] profiled the school in 1999.[4] The school opened three new buildings in 2023 with funding from the government.[5]

Campus

In 2016 the 8,008-square-metre (86,200 sq ft) campus included a building that was built sometime before 1916. In 2016 the school made plans to raze the building so it could build new buildings as part of an expansion.[6]

Principals

Chinese Names English Names Term start Term end
1 聖雷鳴道神父 Saint Fr. Luigi Versiglia, SDB 1906 1918
2 金以義神父 Fr. Vicent Bernardini, SDB 1918 1925
3 路加神父 Fr. Lucas Da Silva, SDB 1925 1927
4 楊春忱神父 Fr. John Pedrazzini, SDB 1927 1931
5 溫普仁神父 Fr. John Guarona, SDB 1931 1937
6 陳基慈神父 Fr. Marius Acquistapace, SDB 1937 1946
7 溫普仁神父 Fr. John Guarona, SDB 1946 1951
8 時乃德神父 Fr. Martin Schneidtberger, SDB 1951 1960
9 司馬榮神父 Fr. Guilherme Schrid, SDB 1960 1966
10 馬耀漢神父 Fr. Alexander Ma Tiu-hon, SDB 1966 1968
11 馬士沖神父 Fr. Matthias Mo Tze-tsong, SDB 1968 1969
12 魯炳義神父 Fr. Luigi RUBINI, SDB, SDB 1969 1972
13 朱懷德神父 Fr. Mario Rosso, SDB 1972 1976
14 陳日君樞機 Fr. Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, SDB 1976 1978
15 馬耀漢神父 Fr. Alexander Ma Yiu-hon, SDB 1978 1984
16 麥觀黔神父 Fr. Joseph Mak Keun-kim, SDB 1984 1987
17 孔智剛神父 Fr. Francis Hung Chi-kong, SDB 1987 1995
18 胡德鎏神父 Fr. Estanislaus Vu Tak-lau, SDB 1995 2003
19 周伯輝神父 Fr. Chow Pak-fai, SDB 2003 2015
21 周伯輝神父 Fr. Chow Pak-fai, SDB 2017 2022
22 梁樹榮老師 Mr. Leong, Su Weng 2022 Current

School Hymn

The anthem was transcribed by Austrian missionary Fr. Guilherme Schmid

School Anthem of Instituto Salesiano of Macau 澳門慈幼中學校歌(Chinese)

維我鮑思高慈幼學校

時代青年訓練場

四育並重國粹精良

師生友愛永無疆

校譽日隆學匯中西

滿門朝氣樂洋洋

秉承會祖鮑思高遺教

取法聖多明我表樣

我青年 步武聖賢

效忠聖教作棟樑

願同學 敦品勵學

揚我校風增榮光

ISSC

Instituto Salesiano Student Council, established in 1997, is the officially recognized student organization of the school.
ISSC holds singing competition regularly every year ("Music's Demo" in 2010,"Blue's End" in 2011)
Website:http://www.ism.edu.mo/issc/index.htm Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine

Notable alumni

  • Domingos Lam (The first Chinese born bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau.)
  • Domingos Chan (Macau professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Macau team. He currently plays for Sun Hei in the Hong Kong First Division League.)
  • Ao Man-long (ex- Secretary for Transport and Public Works of Macau)
  • Fr. Pedro Ho (The director-general of Bosco Youth Service Network.)
  • Brian Leong Ka Hang (Macau Top Footballer of the Year of 2011.)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Instituto Salesiano da Imaculada Conceição." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Rua de Lourenço, no.16" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 風順堂街16號"
  2. ^ "慈幼多活動籌款擴建校舍" [Salesian organized multiple activities to raise funds for school expansion]. Macao Daily News (in Chinese). 2021-05-03. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  3. ^ "Council okays school's redevelopment". Macau Post Daily. 2016-04-21. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  4. ^ Liu, Ran 刘然 (1999). "铺就一条大路──访澳门慈幼中学" [Paving a Great Road──Visiting Macau Salesian Secondary School]. People's Education [zh] (in Chinese). No. 10. ISSN 0448-9365. Retrieved 2023-06-05 – via CQVIP [zh].
  5. ^ "慈幼為新教學樓祈福" [Salesians pray for the new teaching building]. Macao Daily News (in Chinese). 2023-02-06. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  6. ^ "Instituto Salesiano to start demolition & expansion next year". Macau Post Daily. Macau. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2023-06-05.