Cindy Yik-yi Chu 朱益宜 is professor of history at Hong Kong Baptist University and editor of the Christianity in Modern China Series of Palgrave Macmillan. She has published 17 books and more than 50 articles in edited volumes and journals. Her recent works include: People, Communities, and the Catholic Church in China (edited with Paul P. Mariani and published by Palgrave Pivot, 2020) and Images of Macau: East-West Exchange and the Derwent Collection (edited with Kishi Toshihiko and Irene Wong, and published by Bensey Shuppan Co., 2020). She is interested in the history of the Catholic Church in modern and contemporary China and Hong Kong. She is currently editing The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia. She is also finishing a biography of Cardinal John Tong in Hong Kong.
![An image of the Maryknoll Convent School in Hong Kong today. Sister Rose Maryknoll Duchesne Debrecht (principal, 1965-1972) said, “[The] Convent School has created a priceless history. Each and every person, who has been a participant in the school’s life, is to be given a grateful pat on the back for contributions so steadfastly made...”](https://media.chinasource.org/uploads/2024/10/03-WEB-QAR2024-02-Chu-Catholicism-in-China-Catholic-Nuns-Hong-Kong-Christian-Education-ChinaSource-Quarterly-300x150.jpeg)
Sister Rose Maryknoll Duchesne Debrecht (principal, 1965-1972) said, “[The] Convent School has created a priceless history. Each and every person, who has been a participant in the school’s life, is to be given a grateful pat on the back for contributions so steadfastly made...”