St. Joseph's College (Hong Kong) 4.78

St. Joseph's College, established in 1875, is the oldest Catholic boys' secondary school in Hong Kong. It is located in the Central and Western District and has around 1,100 students on role. Apart from Chinese related subjects and French language studies, the medium of teaching is English.The sponsoring body of the College is the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. The stated mission of the College is "to educate students in areas of intellectual, physical, social, moral and emotional development" and "to impart a human and Christian education...and to do so with faith and zeal".The north and west blocks of the College are declared monuments of Hong Kong.HistoryFoundation of the College (1875-1880)The College was previously a Portuguese commercial school named St. Saviour's College, located on Pottinger Street in 1860. Father Timoleon Raimondi, who was then the bishop of the Colony, convinced Rome to send the Lasallian Brothers to the British Colony. On 7 November 1875 six Lasallian Brothers arrived in Hong Kong: Brothers Hidulphe Marie (Director), Hidulphe de Jesus, and Hebertus from the Boarding school of Marseilles; Brother Adrian Edmund and Aldolphus Marie from the Novitiate of London; and Brother Isfrid from Paris. They renamed the school after Saint Joseph, the patron saint of workers and the Universal Church.