Instituto Salesiano

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{{Infobox school

| image = MC 澳門 Macau 澳門半島 Macao Peninsula 風順堂區 São Lourenço St. Lawrence's Church 聖老楞佐堂 Igreja de São Lourenço November 2019 SS2 49.jpg

| caption = School building

| name = Instituto Salesiano
慈幼中學

| motto = PURI ET FORTES (Latin)
純潔與剛毅 (Chinese)

| established = 1906

| type = Government subsidized

| principal = Mr. Leong, Su Weng

| enrollment = 1896

| gender = Male Only

| system= Secondary Section:GCE

| grades = P.1 - F.6

| medium_of_language = English&Cantonese

| affiliation = Salesians of Don Bosco

| location = 16 Rua de São Lourenço
Macau

| website = {{url|ism.edu.mo}}

}}

{{Chinese|t=澳門慈幼中學|s=澳门慈幼中学|j=ou3 mun4*2 ci4 jau3 zung1 hok6|p=Àomén Cíyòu Zhōngxué}}

Instituto Salesiano (or IS, Instituto Salesiano da Imaculada Conceição, {{zh|t=澳門慈幼中學}}) is a Catholic elementary school through secondary school in São Lourenço (St. Lawrence's Parish), Macau."[http://appl.dsej.gov.mo/eduenquiry/edu/eduweb/schinf/schlistmain.jsp?a_code=080&sid=&lang=p&sh_year=2016&sh_info=schalvara&sh_a_code=&sh_s_code=&sh_name=&sh_level=&sh_special=&sh_system=&sh_daynight=&sh_language=&sh_free=&sh_area=M&search=1&PubPg=0&advance=0&b_submit=search_2Pesquisar Instituto Salesiano da Imaculada Conceição]." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Rua de Lourenço, no.16" - [http://appl.dsej.gov.mo/eduenquiry/edu/eduweb/schinf/schlistmain.jsp?a_code=080&sid=&lang=c&sh_year=2016&sh_info=schalvara&sh_a_code=&sh_s_code=&sh_name=&sh_level=&sh_special=&sh_system=&sh_daynight=&sh_language=&sh_free=&sh_area=M&search=1&PubPg=0&advance=0&b_submit=search_2Pesquisar Chinese profile]: "學校地址: 風順堂街16號" 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.{{cite news |date=2021-05-03 |title=慈幼多活動籌款擴建校舍 |trans-title=Salesian organized multiple activities to raise funds for school expansion |language=zh |url=http://www.macaodaily.com/html/2021-05/03/content_1513691.htm |newspaper=Macao Daily News |accessdate=2023-06-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605084625/http://www.macaodaily.com/html/2021-05/03/content_1513691.htm |archivedate=2023-06-05 }}{{cite news |date=2016-04-21 |title=Council okays school's redevelopment |url=https://www.macaupostdaily.com/index.php/article707.html |newspaper=Macau Post Daily |accessdate=2023-06-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605084843/https://www.macaupostdaily.com/index.php/article707.html |archivedate=2023-06-05 }} 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.

{{ill|People's Education|zh|人民教育|italic=yes}} profiled the school in 1999.{{cite magazine |last=Liu |first=Ran 刘然 |date=1999 |title=铺就一条大路──访澳门慈幼中学 |trans-title=Paving a Great Road──Visiting Macau Salesian Secondary School |language=zh |url=http://www.cqvip.com/qk/80612x/1999010/3000885427.html |magazine={{ill|People's Education|zh|人民教育}} |via={{ill|CQVIP|zh|維普資訊}} |issn=0448-9365 |issue=10 |accessdate=2023-06-05 }} The school opened three new buildings in 2023 with funding from the government.{{cite news |date=2023-02-06 |title=慈幼為新教學樓祈福 |trans-title=Salesians pray for the new teaching building |language=zh |url=http://www.macaodaily.com/html/2023-02/06/content_1652333.htm |newspaper=Macao Daily News |accessdate=2023-06-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605084045/http://www.macaodaily.com/html/2023-02/06/content_1652333.htm |archivedate=2023-06-05 }}

Campus

In 2016 the {{convert|8008|sqm|sqft|adj=on}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.macaupostdaily.com/article2029.html|title=Instituto Salesiano to start demolition & expansion next year|newspaper=Macau Post Daily|place=Macau|date=2016-12-05|accessdate=2023-06-05}}

Principals

class="wikitable"
Chinese NamesEnglish NamesTerm startTerm end
1聖雷鳴道神父Saint Fr. Luigi Versiglia, SDB19061918
2金以義神父Fr. Vicent Bernardini, SDB19181925
3路加神父Fr. Lucas Da Silva, SDB19251927
4楊春忱神父Fr. John Pedrazzini, SDB19271931
5溫普仁神父Fr. John Guarona, SDB19311937
6陳基慈神父Fr. Marius Acquistapace, SDB19371946
7溫普仁神父Fr. John Guarona, SDB19461951
8時乃德神父Fr. Martin Schneidtberger, SDB19511960
9司馬榮神父Fr. Guilherme Schrid, SDB19601966
10馬耀漢神父Fr. Alexander Ma Tiu-hon, SDB19661968
11馬士沖神父Fr. Matthias Mo Tze-tsong, SDB19681969
12魯炳義神父Fr. Luigi RUBINI, SDB, SDB19691972
13朱懷德神父Fr. Mario Rosso, SDB19721976
14陳日君樞機Fr. Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, SDB19761978
15馬耀漢神父Fr. Alexander Ma Yiu-hon, SDB19781984
16麥觀黔神父Fr. Joseph Mak Keun-kim, SDB19841987
17孔智剛神父Fr. Francis Hung Chi-kong, SDB19871995
18胡德鎏神父Fr. Estanislaus Vu Tak-lau, SDB19952003
19周伯輝神父Fr. Chow Pak-fai, SDB20032015
|余富強神父Fr. Useless Yu Fu-Qiang, SB20152017

|20|

21周伯輝神父Fr. Chow Pak-fai, SDB20172022
22梁樹榮老師Mr. Leong, Su Weng2022Current

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)

{{cquote|

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 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914210443/http://www.ism.edu.mo/issc/index.htm |date=2010-09-14 }}

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

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