DIARY OF EVENTS
7 August
Official Opening of Heritage Gallery - Missio 1852
SJI has unveiled ‘ Missio 1852 ’, a new heritage gallery today , in commemoration of Singapore ’ s bicentennial year and the Tercentenary of the death of the Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools – St . John Baptist de La Salle . The gallery showcases 167 years of Josephian history and Lasallian heritage , tradition and community in Singapore . This project is supported by the National Heritage Board and the Singapore Bicentennial Office .
La Salle Brother Gregory Thomas Lim , FSC , officiated the opening of Missio 1852 with the ringing of the original brass school bell from the former SJI campus at Bras Basah Road . At 95 years old , he is the oldest La Salle Brother in Singapore and was a former teacher who taught Moral Instruction and Bible Knowledge in SJI and St . Patrick ’ s School in the 1970s .
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