The logo is a circular seal or crest representing unity, oneness, and infinity, no beginning, no end; just like God our Father. If you look close, the circle border is actually made up of two curved shapes that have come together to form a UNITED CIRCLE!
The top portion is a graphic representation of the outside of the church. The crosses stand above the circle, the focus of our Faith and everything else is under it, just as we are all under and pay reverence to Jesus and what He has done for us on that Cross.
Since both of the saints were from Italy, the green, white and red background will represent the colors of the Italian flag: green, white and red. (This is when the logo is printed in color.)
The LOWER LEFT section of the logo represents St. Robert Bellarmine. He wrote volumes of books defending the Faith. He was an educator. So we represent him by the letters “St. R” and a book, to represent educator, teacher and writer. The circle shape around the book is a halo of a saint.
The LOWER RIGHT section of the logo represents St. William of Vercelli. He had a penitential spirit and contemplated God in solitude. He founded monasteries and spent time in deep meditation. The popes saw St. William as “a prodigious flame” whose brilliance, through his example of singular virtue and adherence to genuine doctrine, led Christians back to the purity of biblical teachings. His symbol is a single flame. The flame also has the circular halo of a saint around it. Also contained in this area are the initials “St. W.”
“2010″ brings the two saints together and is the year of that unity, the merging of two parish communities to found one new one, Ss. Robert & William Catholic Parish.
