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Saint Joseph’s Diocesan School celebrated its 91st anniversary last week, unveiling a new book that tells us how the educational institution evolved ever since it was founded. Authored by three of the directors of the Diocesan School, the book was launched last Friday at Fatima Centenary Auditorium on the campus that Saint Joseph’s Diocesan School (6th School) shares with the University of Saint Joseph on Ilha Verde.
The book is the result of extensive research conducted by the teachers and students of the institution over the past two years. Since August 2020, the school organized fourteen meetings and an alumni symposium with the aim to acquire documents, testimonies and photographic records. The data was then put on paper, giving rise to what is the most complete history of Saint Joseph’s Diocesan School ever written.
The book, which took twenty months to complete, was launched in a ceremony attended by Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang and representatives from several other Catholic schools of Macau. Brazilian missionary Fr Daniel Ribeiro, who took part in the celebrations, told O Clarim: “Last Friday, in the afternoon, there was a ceremony with the presence of Bishop Stephen Lee and some of the directors of other local Catholic schools. The book was launched during this event and it tells the history of Saint Joseph’s Diocesan School. The work brings together photographs and testimonies.”
Fr Ribeiro, a member of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, acts currently as a chaplain on Ilha Verde, at the Saint Joseph’s Diocesan School (No. 6). The educational establishment, one of the stronger pillars of Catholic education in Macau, celebrated its 91st birthday last Saturday on the occasion of Saint Joseph’s feast. The celebrations were, however, brought forward to Friday.
“Saturday, as we all know, was Saint Joseph’s feast, the 19th of March. As there are normally no classes on Saturdays, the festivities took place on March 18th, on Friday. That very same day, the Cathedral also hosted the liturgical feast of Saint Joseph, which was celebrated at the 6 pm and 7 pm Masses,” Fr Ribeiro said.
“At Saint Joseph’s Diocesan School, a Mass was celebrated with some of the students and teachers. Students who are Catholics or who are receiving formation to become Catholics, the teachers, the director, the deputy director – all of them took part in this celebration,” the Brazilian missionary added. (Photo: shinybutton at Pixabay)
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