Macau Catholic Schools Association

Macau Catholic Schools Association
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	天主教學校協進會
Simplified Chinese	天主教学校协进会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tiānzhǔjiào Xuéxiào Xiéjìnhuì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping tin1 zyu2 gaau3 hok6 haau6 hip3 zeon3 wui5
Federation of Catholic Schools of Macau
Traditional Chinese	天主教學校協進會
Transcriptions
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Associação das Escolas Católicas de Macau

Macau Catholic Schools Association (Portuguese: Associação das Escolas Católicas de Macau, AECM; Chinese: 澳門天主教學校聯會) was established by the Bishop of Macau Paulo José Tavares^[pt] during the 1960s.

History

Paulo José Tavares^[pt] established Federation of Catholic Schools of Macau (天主教學校協進會) in 1967 and it was supported by Salesian and Jesuit priests. After the bishop's death in 1973, the activities of the association were put on hold. When Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa became the new bishop of Macau in 1982, the Federation became active again and was renamed Macau Catholic Schools Association.[1]

Purpose

The purpose of the Union is the federation of organizations to unite all the catholic schools which are located in Macau. Moreover, it also promotes moral education, and under the guidance of the bishop, complete cultivation and spread of the Gospel and other related issues.[2]

Membership

• Colégio Diocesano de São José 5
• Escola de São José Ka-Ho
• Our Lady Of Fatima Girls' School
• Colégio Mateus Ricci
• Escola São João de Brito
• Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College
• Instituto Salesiano
• Escola Estrela do Mar
• Yuet Wah College
• Escola do Santissimo Rosario
• Escola São Paulo
• Escola Dom João Paulino
• Escola de Santa Teresa
• Sacred Heart Canossian College (English Section)
• Colégio Escola Dom Luis Versiglia
• Yuet Wah College, Escola Caritas de Macau
• Escola Madalena de Canossa
• Colegio de Santa Rosa de Lima (Chinese Secondary)
• Colegio de Santa Rosa de Lima (English Secondary)
• Escola Santa Maria Mazzarello

Schools that are managed by Caritas Macau are members of the Association.[3]

References

1. 聯會簡史 (in Chinese). Macau Catholic Schools Association. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
2. 聯會宗旨 (in Chinese). Macau Catholic Schools Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
3. 澳門天主教學校聯會 會員 (in Chinese). Macau Catholic Schools Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-11-24.

External links

• Official Website of Macau Catholic Schools Association
• Associação das Escolas Católicas de Macau (澳門天主教學校聯會). Government Printing Bureau. Portuguese (in Portuguese) and Chinese (in Chinese)