Salesian school explained

A Salesian school is an educational institution run by the Catholic Salesian Congregation of Saint John Bosco (or Don Bosco), and one that uses his methods. Salesian schools are dedicated to young people in an educational and formative environment. According to promoters, a Salesian school is a home, church, playground, and school where students find a new way of life, and prepare for their future as good citizens of their country, while being faithful to their own religion.

Culture

The figure at the center of a Salesian school is Saint John Bosco or Don Bosco, who is also known as "Father, teacher, and friend of the youth." Don Bosco was a 19th-century visionary from Italy who created a system of education for boys and girls from marginalized areas of society. For Don Bosco, "Prevention" meant helping a youth before he or she gets into trouble. Don Bosco's system has three aspects: loving kindness; reason, and religion. These three aspects have been the object of studies by scholars throughout the 20th century.

Salesian schools strive for strict discipline and order, while avoiding any kind of physical punishment, however, in his book The Devil's Advocate - Child abuse and the men in black, author and former Salesian pupil Graham Wilmer MBE, describes the levels of violence he and other pupils suffered at the hands of Salesian priests in Salesian schools in the British Salesian Province.[1]

In Latin America, the Salesians have been a key factor in the formation of national curricula, while helping provide street children with an education. The Salesian school system involves the family, as the system holds that family and background are as important as a student's performance in school. Salesian schools give a lot of importance to Parents Associations and other groups where parents are invited to participate.

Operating in 124 countries, the Salesian system could be viewed as a kind of "globalized" education, imposing the same concepts. Although culture was very important to Don Bosco, he respected local and national identities. What can be considered global is the system itself with Don Bosco at its center, however, every Salesian school keeps its own cultural identity. For these reasons, Salesian schools have been welcomed in 124 countries, even in non-Christian nations.

List of Salesian schools

Name! scope="col"
CityTerritoryCountry
Nagle CollegeBairnsdaleVictoriaAustralia
Salesian College (Brooklyn Park)AdelaideSouth AustraliaAustralia
Salesian College (Rupertswood)RupertswoodVictoriaAustralia
Salesian College (Chadstone)ChadstoneVictoriaAustralia
Colegio Salesiano Don BoscoZapote, Barrio La GranjaSan JoseCosta Rica
Salesiano ValparaísoValparaísoValparaísoChile
Instituto SalesianoMacauSão LourençoMacau
Salesian English SchoolHong KongShau Kei WanHong Kong
Salesian Technical School TainanTainanEast District
Auxilium ISC School, KottiyamKollam DistrictKeralaIndia
Salesian CollegeSonataWest BengalIndia
Salesian CollegeCelbridgeCounty KildareRepublic of Ireland
Salesian PolytechnicTama New TownTokyoJapan
Salesian High School (South Korea)GwangjuJeolla-doSouth Korea
Salesian High SchoolEswatiniManziniSwaziland
Salesian School, ChertseyChertseySurreyUnited Kingdom
Salesian College, FarnboroughFarnboroughHampshireUnited Kingdom
Salesian College, BatterseaBatterseaGreater LondonUnited Kingdom
Thornleigh Salesian CollegeBoltonGreater ManchesterUnited Kingdom
The Salesian Academy of St John BoscoBootleMerseyside United Kingdom
Salesian College PreparatoryRichmondCaliforniaUnited States
Salesian High SchoolLos AngelesCaliforniaUnited States
Archbishop Shaw High SchoolMarreroLouisianaUnited States
Don Bosco Technical InstituteRosemeadCaliforniaUnited States
Salesian High School (New York)New RochelleNew YorkUnited States
Cristo Rey Tampa Salesian High School[2] TampaFloridaUnited States
Mary Help of Christians AcademyNorth HaledonNew JerseyUnited States
Xavier College Gawler Belt South AustraliaAustralia
Colégio Salesiano São Gonçalo[3] CuiabáMato GrossoBrazil
Colégio Salesiano Santo Antônio[4] CuiabáMato GrossoBrazil
Don Bosco Vitthaya schoolUdon ThaniUdon ThaniThailand
Colegio Salesiano de Leon XIIILa CandelariaBogotáColombia

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Secrets and lies. 6 September 2007 .
  2. https://cristoreytampa.org/
  3. Web site: Colégio Salesiano São Gonçalo | Missão Salesiana de Mato Grosso .
  4. https://cssa.com.br/