附上一張相,但抱歉相中的不是文啟明神父,而是慈幼會的主保聖人(非教徒可初步理解為這團隊的模範榜樣、生命導師),聖方濟各·沙雷氏(St. Francis de Sales)的聖像。
慈幼會(Salesians of Don Bosco)由聖若望·鮑思高神父(Don Bosco)於 1859 年創立。修會打破了當時歐洲傳統的嚴酷管教,主張不用體罰與權威,而是以理智、宗教、仁愛去感化青年。這種「讓青年感受到被愛」的陪伴式教育,成為現代教育的先驅之一。五十年代起,天主教會在香港積極辦學,並參與教育政策的制定(另提一提,基督教會也有著很大貢獻),可以說,幾代香港人,無論直接間接、或多或少都受過類似理念所影響。因為有以愛為本的教育理念,才不至於培育出能力出色,卻心高氣傲、自私自利的人。更正確來說,愛不是憑空培養的,而是傳承的,中秋節翌日假期的由來正好體現了這一點。
而聖鮑思高神父很崇拜聖方濟各·沙雷氏那種溫良與包容,在創會時,特意將英文名定為 “Salesians”(源自 de Sales),希望所有教育工作者都繼承這份溫柔的心。這個關於教育的歷史故事,其實也是圍繞著那份最初出自耶穌基督的、無私的愛。
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