Joint Meeting with Diocesan School Chaplains and Auxiliary Missionary Sisters
為推動各教區直屬學校的牧民及宗教培育發展，李斌生主教於本學年起確定委任九名神職人員（排名不分先後，包括：文祖賢神父、何知行神父、杜亮神父、夏子明神父、柴浩東神父、袁偉明神父、張俊鍵神父、劉偉傑神父及羅樂仁神父）分別擔任各所學校的校牧工作。同時，亦委任了主之卑僕瑪利亞周修女、善導之母瑪利亞修女及葉慧明修女為其中四所學校的牧職修女。
In order to promote the pastoral and religious formation in Diocesan Schools, the Reverend Bishop Stephen Lee has officially appointed nine Priest Chaplains (in no particular order of precedence, including Fr. José Mário O. Mandia, Fr. José Angel Castellanos Hernandez, Fr. Leonard Dollentas, Fr. Rafael Gemelli Vigolo, Fr. Daniel Antonio de Carvalho Ribeiro, Fr. Domingos Un Wai-Meng, Fr. Michael Cheung Chun Kin, Fr. Cyril Jerome Law, Jr and Fr. Lawrence The Reh) to each of the Diocesan Schools starting this school year. At the same time, Sr. Maria Zhu Zhi Bei Pu, Sr. Maria Shan Dao Zhi Mu and Sr. Evelyn Yip Wai Ming were appointed as auxiliary missionaries in four of the schools.
為更好落實教區直屬學校的牧民及宗教培育方針，並清晰釐定校牧與牧職修女的工作範圍，李斌生主教於二零二二年十一月三十日下午召開「天主教澳門教區學校校牧及牧職修女聯席會議」，李主教再次強調教育工作是天主教澳門教區重要服務之一，故邀請教區內富有活力及能力的「年青神父」擔任校牧工作，李主教表示：「學校是培育青少年的最重要場所，而校牧的臨在可更有效推動學校牧民培育及宗教教育的發展，是天主教教育使命成為學校的教育核心。」
To ensure better implementation of the plans for pastoral and religious formation, as well as to clearly define the scopes of work, the Reverend Bishop convened a joint meeting with school chaplains and auxiliary missionary sisters in the afternoon of 30 November. In the meeting, the Bishop stressed again that education is one of the important services of the Catholic Diocese of Macau, for this reason he had deliberately invited the “young, capable and energetic” priests from the Diocese to take up the school pastoral works. He then added that "schools are the most important place for the formation of young people, and the presence of school chaplains can more effectively promote the development of pastoral services and religious education in schools, enabling the mission of Catholic education to become the core of school education.”
在會議開首部分，李主教為各校牧回顧天主教學校的辦學理念與使命，他強調天主教學校必須透過教育介紹耶穌基督及衪的價值觀，以整全的教育方式，包括結合正規課程與非正規課程讓師生認識耶穌是「道路、真理、生命」，他又以「A+」計劃形象地解釋天主教學校的特色，「A」是正面價值，「+」是天主教會的觀點，而校牧及牧職修女應透過與師生面對面的交流，豐富師生對天主教教育理念及價值觀的認知與認識。及後，各與會者亦就不同議題進行交流，會內亦進一步落實校牧及牧職修女的恆常工作內容及目標。
Early in the meeting, the Bishop urged the school chaplains to review and reflect on the philosophy and mission of Catholic schools, emphasising that Catholic schools are obliged to introduce Jesus Christ and His values in their education activities. Through a holistic approach that features a combination of both formal and informal curricula, schools should aim at enabling their teachers and students to know Jesus as 3V’s (Via et Veritas et Vita, the way and the truth and the life). The Bishop also figuratively illustrated the characteristics of Catholic Schools using the “A+” project in which "A" is all positive values one shall attain, whereas the "+" is the added-value of the Catholic Church perspectives. Through more proactive face-to-face exchanges with teachers and students, school chaplains and auxiliary missionary sisters could therefore enrich their knowledge and understanding of Catholic educational principles and values. The meeting then saw the exchange of views on various ideas concerning regular duties and objectives of the school chaplains and the sisters.
會議最後，由教區天主教教育委員會陳庭鋒主任介紹學校設立「牧民及宗教培育處」的經驗及總結。
The presentation of the experience acquired from the establishment of the “Pastoral and Religious Formation Unit” in the Colégio Diocesano de São José delivered by Dr. Stephen Chan Teng-Fong, Director of the Diocesan Catholic Education Commission marked the conclusion of the joint meeting this year.