Instituto Salesiano


Instituto Salesiano is a Catholic elementary school through secondary school in São Lourenço, Macau. 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.
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History

Instituto Salesiano was established in 1906, during the Qing dynasty, by Fr. Louis Versiglia. 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 profiled the school in 1999. The school opened three new buildings in 2023 with funding from the government.

Campus

In 2016 the 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.

Principals

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
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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

Student Organizations

Student Service Organizations

  • Student Council
  • Discipline Team
  • Interact Club
  • Estação de Televisão de Instituto Salesiano: Under the Public Relations Office, the school’s largest media production group. Established in the 2023–2024 school year, it is responsible for producing videos, photos, and written media for both on- and off-campus events.
  • Captain: Composed of two class captains from each secondary class, totalling 52 members. They guide students in an orderly evacuation during emergencies.
  • Wind band of Instituto Salesiano: Established in 1906.
  • Societa dell' Allegria
  • ISM Photography Club
  • ISM Multimedia Team
  • Library Club
  • Campus Life Promotion Team
  • School Archives Association
  • Scout

Academic Societies

  • Visual Art Society
  • Chinese Society
  • Geography Society: The youngest academic society in the school.
  • Business Society: The Business Society is unique in that it represents a senior secondary elective; students who do not take business may never engage with it.
  • DAT Club: The largest academic society in the school by membership.
  • Mathematics Club: The longest-established academic society.
  • Science Club

ISSC

Instituto Salesiano Student Council, established in 1997, is the officially recognized student organization of the school.
ISSC holds singing competition regularly every year
Website:http://www.ism.edu.mo/issc/index.htm

Notable alumni