天主教香港教區十分重視學生及青少年對性教育有正確的培育，天主教教育事務處特別遠道邀請Hanna Klaus修女來�說A主持兩個為期五天的性教育工作坊。 

Hanna Klaus 修女乃婦產科醫生，曾在美國，印度及巴基斯坦行醫，有不少著作面世。 修女現任華盛頓「自然家庭計劃」中心的執行總監，同時亦是 Teenstar Programme 的總監。根據統計及研究所得，成人協助青少年建立起正確的性態度，實在責無旁貸。因此 Hanna Klaus修女早於八十年代己推行 Teenstar 計劃，目的是要成年人幫助青少年建立起正確的性觀念。

 Teenstar 計劃現己在二十多個國家推行。整個計劃是針對青少年而剪裁，旨在教授正確的溝通技巧，認識自我及提高自尊，並幫助他們在性問題上，作出正確及負責任的決定。 

參與上述兩個工作坊的學員達六十人，�蓮A來自教區，修會及明愛的中學校長，老師及社工。在五天的工作坊中，學員們對一系列的問題，例如青少年的成長、輔導的原則、與家長溝通的技巧、傳媒的影、性病、自然家庭計劃及如何由宗教角度看人體的結構及價值，均作深入而詳細的討論。

 Hanna Klaus 修女利用討論，角式扮演，理論講解，數據分拆及紀錄片帶出天主教對性教育的看法及理念，給與各人一個嶄新的角度去看性及性教育。 

參與�芼{同此工作坊非常有用，不但加深了他們對性教育的認識，並且使他們可以從天主教會的觀點，重新去檢視及反思性教育這議題。而五天工作坊所得的教材及有關的閱讀資料，均對於將來的教學有莫大的裨益。更重要的是為他們建立起一個互相支援的網絡。 

最後，教育辦事處更邀請陳志明副主教及郭偉基神父分別在七月二十三日及三十日為兩個工作坊的學員主持結業彌撒及頒發証書。

In line with the policy of the Diocese to promote among students and young people a correct attitude towards sex, the Catholic Education Office invited Sister Hanna Klaus, a Medical Mission Sister specialized in Obstetrics & Gynecology, to come all the way from Washington D.C. to conduct two identical workshops on sexuality teaching.  These two workshops were held from 19th to 23rd July and 26th to 30th July respectively.

Sister Hanna Klaus is currently the Executive Director of the Natural Family Planning Centre of Washington, D. C. and Workshop Director of the TEENSTAR Programme. She has done a lot of researches and concludes that cultivating teenagers’ correct attitude in sex is mainly the responsibility of adults.  She started the TEENSTAR Programme (STAR means Sexuality Teaching in the context of Adult Responsibility) in 1980 which has been operated in over 20 countries.

The TEENSTAR is a comprehensive developmental curriculum teaching responsible decision-making and communication skills in the area of sexual behaviour and enhances teenagers’ self-understanding and self-esteem.

Participants who attended the two workshops included secondary school principals, teachers and social workers from both Diocesan, Religious and Caritas schools.  In the 5-day workshop, participants were introduced to a number of useful topics such as adolescent development, basic principles of counseling, tactics of meeting parents, refusal techniques, the impact of mass media, sexually transmitted diseases,natural family planning and most important of all, Theology of the body. 

Sister Hanna, the conductor of the two workshops, conveyed the messages through lectures, videos, discussions and role play in which all were actively involved. 

The participants enjoyed the lectures and all agreed that the Workshop had given them a deeper understanding of the Church’s view in Sex Education and Sexuality Teaching.  They were enlightened to reflect on the meaning of life, to respect human body and marriage life. Apart from obtaining useful materials and knowledge to be used in teaching and shared with colleagues, participants were happy to have built a good network among themselves.

The highlight of two weeks’ event was to have Fr. Dominic Chan VG and Fr. Jocab Kwok to celebrate masses and present certificates to participants during the closing ceremonies of the two workshops on 23rd and 30th July respectively.