Macau Catholic Schools Association

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 during the 1960s.

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
Federation of Catholic Schools of Macau
Traditional Chinese天主教學校協進會
Portuguese name
PortugueseAssociação das Escolas Católicas de Macau

History

Paulo José Tavares 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

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

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References
  1. 聯會簡史 (in Chinese). Macau Catholic Schools Association. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  2. "Archived copy" 聯會宗旨 (in Chinese). Macau Catholic Schools Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" 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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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