DAUGHTERS OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS (FMA)

The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) was founded by St. John Bosco and St. Maria Domenica Mazzarello in 1872 in Italy. The small seed blossomed into a fruitful tree that has spread its missionary presence in about 90 countries all over the world with more than 15,000 FMA, living and working with the young in an educative presence characterized by the Salesian Preventive System. Our Ladys College is one of the educational institutions operated by the FMA.

Our Way of Educating – with a Foreseeing Spirit of Prevention

Faithful to the educational heritage handed on by St. John Bosco and St. Maria Domenic Mazzarello, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians educate young people in the spirit and style of the Preventive System Reason, Religion, Loving-kindness.

 

The Preventive System is deeply rooted in the heart of Jesus, the Good Shepherd and has three fundamental elements: reason, religion, and loving-kindness.

  • By reason, the young is helped to develop critical thinking and to have a discerning attitude thus becoming capable  of making intelligent judgments and decisions and enlightened moral choices.

  • By religion, the youth is accompanied to have a deep and a lasting relationship with Jesus through prayer and through the formation of an upright conscience.

  • By loving-kindness, the young feel loved and develop a friendly relationship with their educators and thei peers.

In the spirit of the Preventive System, the educators walk hand-in-hand with the youth towards the fullness of life, “that they may have life and have it abundantly” (Jn 10:10).