HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1936.
ITALIAN CONVENT DIAMOND JUBILEE
A Broadcast Talk
An outline sketch of the history of the Canossian Institute in Bong Kong was given by an old resident, who is himself a former pupi of the Italian Convent. from the Studio In Gloucester Building last evening. follow represent the "Talk” in
the
Broadcasting which
The noted sightly expanded form.
In Colne Road to the Sisters and
of his father in his benevolence to the Canossian Sisters. This bene- volence assumed the form of a Home for Blind Gris at Pokfulam, named "Honeyville," which is the generous gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. X. d'Almada e Castro. There are 35 blind girls housed in"Honey- ville."
The hospital of the Sacred Heart at West Point houses 30 inmates: on this and the first build n the average daily attendance at the raised its was to house the L-tree dispensary,numbers 60 pa- ture Canossian Institute. That L'ents. modest first home has undergons changes put of all recognition and is place has been taken by 3 stately edifice which is to-day such a prominent landmark on
the Island and which has added
The speaker said in part:--I am going to engage the attention of my listeners for the next few minutes in an effort to rev.ow, in outline, the founding and growth of the Canoasian Institute in Hong Kong. the diamond Jubilee 01 which it is celebrating to-morrow, and the centenary of the death of the Foundress of which. Venerable Magdalen, Marchioness to the architectural amenities of of Canossa, the Convent comme- this Colony. morates at the same time. Those of us who are o'd enough and who have lived in Hong Kong lon enough will recal. with happy me- mory the celebration of the 'Gold- en Jubilee of the arrival of the Elsters of the Canosalan Institute in the Colony. Those of us who belong neither to the one nor t the other of these classes, but who
are
sufficiently wel acquainted with the work of the Sisters, can- not a to realise that the Iral a Sisters homes stand for socia and charitable services o! cut- standing merit and appreciation by the community.
OUTSIDE HONG KONG
Outside Hong Kong, a 'free dis- "pensary is conducted at Nam Tao, Its statistics comprise:-40 - mates, monthly average of infunta 45. daily average attendance at dispensary 12 In 1932, the Canossa Free Elementary School It is a singular fact, but 036 for Chinese Boys and Girls was worth recording, that the late Mr. opened; it has 140 pupils to-day. Leonardo d'Aimada's daughter was The number of enrolled scholars another of those among the pro-exceeds 200, and a waiting list of minent familes of Hong Kong in prospective puplis has to be kept those early days who took the veil for those who are making anxious She entered the novitiate in 1578 application for room in the school. to devote hersef entirely to the To meet this demand, buliding care and well-being of the orphan operations for an enlargement of children who found their home the school premises are proceed- the Convent. She lives to celebrate ing. the Convent's diamond jubilze.
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CLUB
ACCOUNTANTS EXAMINATIONS
Local Results...
ROOM
Opening Ceremony By Bishop
The results of the Third Inter-
In the presence of a big crowd. national Institute of Accountants the Bishop of Hong Kong (Rt. Rev.
examinations held ocally under R O. Hall yesterday afternoon the auspices of the Accountants epened the Christian Club room of and Secretaries Students' Society the Bible, Book and Tract Depot. in December 1935 have just been Ltd., in Kal Ming Building, No. 8, received from Austra'ls and are 3 Queen's Road Central. follows:- INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS
Bookkeeping Paper I (Pass 70%)
...
Chan St Hung (90), Edwin Kons
(88), John Henry Hart (83), Le H. Eden (81), Jean Nguyen Phu Khai (80), Khoo Cheng Leng (75). Thomas Arthur Johnston (74), Jebsen E. S. Tau (74). Me Wing Yung (72), Eduardo Jose da Silva (70), Albert Botelho (70). Ong Tiang Jin (70), V. Charrington (70),
Bookkeeping Paper II (Pass 10%)
Hart (90), Thomas Arthur Join- Albert Botelho (91), John Henry
stón (84), Edwin Kong (81), Le K.
At Wei Chow a hospital and dis-Hica (79). Chan Si Hung (73). pensary for poor Chinese Was
Jean Nguyen Phu Khaí (72), Khoo Chọn Leck (ill. Mà Wid Tùng (70). Eduardo Jose da Silva (70),
From a tile over two-score in- mates in 1860. the Canossion In-opened in 1927. There is bed ac- stitute to-day shelters over 410commodation, which is pilly, oc- souls, adult women excluding the cupled, for 30 patients. At least Sisters) numbering 70, children 60 patients on a daily average 148. and infants 71. The staff has visit the free dispensary. There is celebration retain a vivid recollec- grown from 4 Sister in the year in this Chinese city a school for of the Convent's foundation to female catechumens. The Sisters 104 th the year of 1ts Diamond pay regular visits to the lepers.
Old residents. like myself, who 100k part. in the Golden Jubilee
tion of that historical event and the leading part a distinguished
Jebsen E. S. Tou (701. Ong Tiang Jin (50), V. Charrington (50).
Auditing (Pass 65%)
John Henry Hart (80), Khoo
The room is tended to provide a place for meeting, rest reading and writing and will offer also cloak room and washing facilities.
In opening the room the Bishop spoke at great length on the task of the Christian Church in China,
Rev. Frank Short, in thanking the Bishop, appealed for support for the new venture. The rooms would be open until 7 p.m. dally excepting Sunday, he said.
ANOTHER CASE
After further evidence was heard the prosecution closed its case yes- terday when the hearing in which three men, one of whom a detec- Uve la the Hong Kong Folice Force, was being charged with demand-
ng $150 from an elderly Chinese man, Ying Ting-on, by menaces on February 11 last, was resumed 'be- fore Mr. 8. F. Balfour at the Cen- tral Magistracy....
The defendants were Lui chì-
'Empire builder" took when Lor Jubilee, of whom 10 are Chinese, and in their humble way succeed Cheng Leng (78), Edwing, Kung | fan, aged 38, unemployed, and Lam
Lu
Lugard then Sir Frederick gard, K.C.M.G.. K.C.V.O.. DS.O Governor of Hong Kong) presided ot the ceremony twenty-five years ago. That was, indeed, an occa- sion that has impressed 'tself in- delibly in the minds of
the
past and present pupils at the time, of visitors, and of friends and bene- factors. During the years that havo elapsed since then, much has happened in the direction of edu- cational and benevolent work that has placed Hong Kong to-day un der an even greater debt to the Sisters of Charity than before.
of
ers.
In the hostel there are 19 board-in shedding a ray of sunshine to the otherwise darkened lives of these poor afflicted members'of 80-
lety.
Wherever the call of Charity was greatest and most urgent and in- sistent, there the Sisters stepped
(74)
Themas Arthur
Johnston (68). Jebsen E. S. Tou (67), Jean Yan, allas Lam Yan-fuk, aged 40 Nguyen Phu Khai (65), Eduardo
also unemployed. The third man, Jose da Silva (65), Ma Wing Yung summons of a similar nature! He Lau Lun, P.C. C550 appeared on a (57). Le Ki Hien (57), Albert Bo-
was represented by Mr. C. A. ting although at first he was not represented, when the outline of the facts of the case was given The first two defendants were not legally represented.
v. Charrington (43). Ong Tang Jin (36)..
Commercial Law
When the wild forces of Com- In to supply the wants of the dig-munism were let loose in 1927, the telho (56). Chan S1 Hung 1431: Sutherton Russ at yesterday's sit-
Sisters at Swabuc. about six hours distant by sea from Hong Kong came in for the unflattering at- tention of the reactionary ele- Littlements opposed to law and order.
trict. For example, Wanchal, in the eastern section of the Island, made its first appeal to Mother Maria Stella, and in response the Convent established its branch school in Holly Infancy
Lare. It was later supplemented
by a hospital for women of the lower class. This hospital has Brown, like all its sister institu- tions. The patients do rot any longer belong to any
restricted class. Poverty exerts
strong
蒜
A GREATER EPOCH 1o-day we are on the eve celebrating another and greater claim to admission. The hospital epoch in the anna s of the Con-
has now for many years past en- vent's history. The functions con-joyed the professional attendance rected with the Diamond Jublerj of one of the leading British Arms
by Mr. C. Y. Kwan and Mr. T.
The prosecution was conducted
" (Pass 65%) The Communists ralded the Con- Henry Hart (87), Thomas Arthur Khoo Cheng Leng (88), John vent. The Sisters were imprison-Johnston (84), Jean Nguyen Phu ed, tried, and sentenced to death Khai (79). Jebsen E. S. Tou (71). Murphy, for no more heinous crime than
Eduardo Jose da Sulva (58), Y. that of having. devoted their ves
Charrington (87); Ma, Wing Yung to the succour of the needy and
(67). Ong Tiang Jin (66). Le Kl helpless fellow-countrymen of the
Hlen (65). selt-same Communists. Just as
the Sisters had made themselves ready spiritually to meet the death Penalty, timely aid arrived from Hong Kong at dawn of the would-
FINAL EXAMINATIONS Bookkeeper Paper I (Pass 70%)
Bookkeeping Paper II (Pass 70%)
-Tso Chak Chun 189). C. A. of the Sisters' arriva commence of medical practitioners in the Co-be fateful day, and so the con- Figueiredo (88), Young Kong Low to-morrow in the New Hail of the lony, the firm. of Drs. Black, Balean,
demned victims of Communist (70), Charles Pan Ka Lin (57), Canossa Institute in Caine Road, Skinn, Nelson-Jones. Croat and wrath were saved from an untime-Alfred Fong W.ng Fook (42). under the distinguished patronage Talbot, who and whose predeces-ly death. of His Excellency Sir Andrew Hors have given to the hospital's Caldecott, Ki.. C.M.G.. C.B.E. inmates and to indoor and out- Governor o. Hong Kong, who har
dear patients graciously signified his Intention advice. The services of this firm of honouring the occasion by his of honorary physicians are beyond
praise.
presence.
It was on the 12th April. 1860 That an earnest band of s'x Sis- ters arrived here to. found 0 branch of the Mother-house in Italy. Rev. Sister Maria Stella was leader of the group. She was later appointed Mother Superior and Ived in Hong Kong where she died at over eighty years of age. Before her the Arst Superfcress was Super Lucis Cupls, who, died on the 10th Octuber. 1869. No sooner. did they arrive than the
Sisters commenced the work of opening a sma' school in rented premises not far from the present
site of the Convent.
The Chinese Orphanage wh.ch was opened by the Sisters on the 10th May, 1860, received within doors 9 Chinese orphan children and 8 native foundings. There were also at that time is aban- doned children in the care of the Sisters. Then, as now, the pro- blem of the Chinese poor present- ed difficulties all its own: but with the Sisters those difficulties were not insurmountable, and in their own wisdom the dictates of hu
MOTHERS SUPERIOR
I have spoken' of the two earliest C. A. Figueiredo (86), Tso Chak free professional Superioresses of the Convent. Ee- Chun (81), Young Kong Low (73). !
"
(60),
Alfred Fong Wing Fook Charles Pau Ka Lin (68)..
Auditing (Pass 65%) TEO Chak Chun 182), Thomas Young (71).
Law Paper I (Pass 65%) Thomas K. Young Chak Chun (71).
Law Paper II (Pass 65%)
(75). Tso
To Chak Chun (79), Thomas K Young (77).
fore concluding, I will complete the list of the Mothers Superior. Mother; Stella was succeeded by THE KOWLOON PROBLEM
Sister Claudia Compagnotti in When Yaumati was nothing more 1895. Then followed the election than a tiny fishing village, oper- of Mother Theodora Lucian (bet-
Chinese in ing first a small infants' school for ter known as Madre Dorina) in a. small two-storied 1800 when Mother Cladda died. building in that district not far Under Mother Luclan the Conventi from the persent Magistracy, the witnessed a development truly re- Daughters of Canossa es.ablished markable, due very largely to her themselves firmly at Kowlon when untiring efforts in the direction of they decided to put up St. Mary's the opening
of boys' and 'girls' School on one of the finest sites on schools both in Hong Kong and at the Peninsula, overlooking Hung- Kowloon, and o her rare qualities hem Bay, near Gun Club Hill. To- and administrative abilities. enrolment of 560 scholars, of whom as a monument to the successful day St. Mary' School enjoys an | Mary's School at Kowloon stands 73 are boys and 487 girls, the form efforts of Mother Lucian, who in Chun (70), er being admitted up to class 10a, many more ways than one led the whilst the girls are educated up to Convent along a path of progress the highest standard permitting of such as it had never known before versity of Hong Kong. their matriculating for the Uni- Mother Lucian took a broad and At Hung intelligent view of the needs of Hom, which at one time formed girls in Hong Kong. Her zeal and part of a very active industrial dis-energy knew no bounds. Her el trict of Kowloon, there is a school forts were very largely aided by
for poor children."
In Aberdeen on the Island there exist a" school, a catechumenate, and a free dispensary. Visits are made by the European "and Chin- ese Slaters to the fishing popula-
waters of Aberdeen. A Sunday School in the district gives in struction in Christian doctrine to those who care to attend.
the
St.
Law Paper II (Pass 65%) Thomas K. Young (70). Tso.Chak
THE BENEVOLENT CABARET DINNER DANCE.
Preparations for that tremen- then Manager of Catholic dous social event "The Benevolent Schools in Hong Kong, the Rev. Cabaret Dinner" which takes place Father Peter de Maria, whose de-at the Peninsula Hotel on Friday votion to the cause of the educa- are practically complete, and the Lion of poor children, especially in | promotera have great pleasure in the direction of commercial train-nnouncing that that clever Dance
"Glady: 'and
Kusserow"
man sympathy impel'ed them for flon in their boats, in the sheltereding in subjects like stenography Team
for help
POPULAR SISTERS
and typewriting, gave inspiring have generously consented to ap. encouragement and supplied ma-pear as the final attraction of the terial aid. Commercial firms in evening.--D.E.A. Hong Kong have been to a great extent staffed in those earner
a continuous period of three quar- ters of a century to we come and to care for the children of the poorest work people, with only one limitation, viz., their financial
On the far-eastern end of the ability to provide for the growing numbers that appealed to them Island will be found the orphan years by successful students from with very sincere regret that Bis- those who the Convent schools in shorthander Lucian was in failing health, age so 'conspicuous to Journey to the end of the Tram- and typing."
and she was succeeded by Mother way terminus. One refers to tho, Synchronising with this period Tetesa Martinola. whom It is a Bo popular were the Sisters in Shauk wan Orphanage and the was the introduction of studies in very genuine pleasure to find in- Hong Kong that, by 1883. their free dispensary maintained in that foreign languages. By Sister stalled for the third time in the staff had increased to 14 European locally by the Slaters, who are Clella classes were formed and seat of the Superioresa of the Sisters and 2 Chinese, one 01 ever solicitious of the needs of the several brilliant students produced, Convent here. Her Arst appoint- whom was, Chinese Sister Madda helpless bables of the very poor included among whom were ladies ment dated from the earliest on lena Tam, whose ministrations to class among the Chinese popula- who graduated in foreign langu} the 23rd April, 1909. the little ones of her own race tion.
ages, especially in French and only ended with her death at the age of 82 years in 1913.
It was about this time that the question of permanency arose; and by "permanency" is
Imperfect as this brief outline
A small hospital is maintained | Italian, besides the commercial is through the necessity of having
in the Western District, on High subjects Just mentioned.
to confine the present "talk" with-
in the limits of the permitted time,
Street, where free medical atten- The strenuous activities of Mo- dance is given by the firm of Drather Lucian told on her health in I hope listeners will forgive a meant Ma Luk and Co. Dr. Ma belongs to in the end, and she passed away short personal note in the fact a respected. Chinese family of long in 1815, much to the sorrow of her that the presentation of this sketch residence In Hong Kong: his liberal Community and of the Colony in of the Conventa history in Hong services are appreciated at their general, soon after the celebration Kong is the result of a growing ad- true value.
of the Convent's Golden Jubilee in miratkin of the work done by the Hong Kong..
Convent in our midst and with
the erection of a home which the Convent might call its own, as its headquarters in this Colony. For a nominai consideration, Mr. Leo- nardo d'Almada e Castro, whose descendants are so well-known in Hong Kong,"sold a piece of land
In Imemory of his late daughter, another res'dent of Hong Kong and his wife emulated the example
During the latter years of her which the speaker is intimately ac- administration It could be seen quainted.
Assistant Director Criminal Intelligence (Crime).
of
The hearing was adjourned unell Tuesday morning. Bail of $300 was allowed the third defendant,
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