天主教澳門教區學校校董會成員委任儀式

Appointment Ceremony for Members of

the Diocesan School Management Committees

教區天主教教育委員會辦事處於二零二二年八月二十七日下午假主教公署舉行天主教澳門教區學校校董會成員委任儀式，向九所教區直屬學校新一屆的每位校董會成員作正式委任。本屆會期涵蓋二零二二年至二零二四學校年度，各成員之任期為二零二二年九月一日至二零二五年八月三十一日。九校的校董會合共八十三個席位由六十三名來自不同界別的人士獲邀擔任，其中均包括有學校教師以及家長，以增加其代表性及意見的多元。是次委任儀式共獲五十五名成員撥冗出席。

The Office of the Diocesan Commission for Catholic Education organised the "Appointment Ceremony for Members of the Diocesan School Management Committees" at the Diocesan Curia (Paço Episcopal) on the afternoon of 27 August 2022 to appoint new term SMC members from the nine Diocesan Schools. The new term spans over the school years 2022/2023 and 2024/2025, resulting in the appointment period of 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2025. A total of 83 seats for the nine SMCs were filled by 63 individuals invited from different sectors, with each SMC including a school teacher and a parent for the sake of diversity and representability. Among all invited members, the Appointment Ceremony had the honour of the presence of 55 of them.

作為九所學校的辦學實體代表，澳門教區首牧李斌生主教在致辭時先感謝在座的連任成員，於過去三年的首屆校董會工作上一起累積了不少經驗，更歡迎二十二名首次出任教區學校校董會的成員。同時，李主教提醒一眾成員必須引導學校遵循天主教學校的辦學使命和教育理念，並督促學校推行福傳工作。他更引用教宗方濟各去年六月的說話：「學校是治癒個人和他人的創傷的地方。期望學校是一個“敞開大門”的接待場所，尤其要接待貧苦者。需要與弱小者、貧困者和被遺棄者相遇。」，期望各校董會成員作為學校的掌舵人，今後必須盡力令學校成為關懷學習能力較弱、以及學習資源較貧乏學生的地方，令學校不會「陷入自私的精英主義，而是學會與所有人分享和活出弟兄友愛的地方，知道彼此之間是互有關聯的。」在再一次感謝各成員為教區教育事業作出貢獻後，李主教寄望成員能為各校的校董會引入更多元的思維，創造一個更能照顧老師、學生共同成長的學校環境。

As the representative of the registration owner of the nine Diocesan Schools, the Reverend Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-Sang began his speech by thanking the attending members from the previous term of the Management Committees, for working together over the past three years and building up experience together, he then gave a warm welcome to the 22 newly appointed members. The Reverend Bishop also reminded the members that they are to guide the schools to follow the mission and educational principles of Catholic Schools, and to supervise the schools in their efforts to evangelise. In the later part of his speech, the words of Pope Francis last June were quoted, "Catholic Schools should be 'welcoming places' where one heals not only one’s own wounds but also those of others. They should be meeting with the little ones, with the poor and the discarded", to show the expectation that the SMC members as steering persons must do their utmost to turn schools into places which care for the poor learners and those with less resources, so that schools do not "withdraw into selfish elitism, but where students can live together with everyone, where brotherhood is lived, knowing that everything is connected.” After thanking the members once again for their contribution to education within the Diocese, the Reverend Bishop expressed his hope that the members would bring in diversified ideas to the Committees and create a safe environment that favours the growth of both teachers and students.

委任儀式正式開始前，教區天主教教育委員會辦事處主任陳庭鋒博士先向各出席成員就天主教澳門教區學校校董會的整體規劃進行了簡報，深入介紹了教區學校校董會之組成、新一屆成員名單、成員數據統計、成員的職權與義務等方面，令連任以及新加入的成員更清晰掌握設立校董會的目的、校董會成員的權責以及教區屬校校董會的整體狀況。

Before the official appointments, Dr. Stephen Chan Teng-Fong, Director of the Office of the Diocesan Catholic Education Commission, gave a briefing to the members on the overall planning of the Diocesan School Management Committees, introducing in depth the general composition of the SMCs, the list of new term members of each school, demographics and interesting statistics about the members, as well as the duties and responsibilities, etc., so that both reappointed and new members could have a clearer understanding of the purpose of establishing SMCs, authorities and responsibilities of their members, as well as the latest overview of all nine Diocesan SMCs.