Two months are diving us from the long-awaited event of the canonization of Blessed Joseph Allamano, founder of the Consolata Missionaries, Fathers, Brothers and Sisters.
By the Editor *
For this occasion, a logo was designed in various languages, which using lines and colors wants to communicate the Holiness of Blessed Joseph Allamano and the significance for the all Church today. The logo was created by Sister Luz Mary, MC, who harmonized in the logo various shared ideas.
The face of Joseph Allamano, on the left, is taken from one of his well known photos.
At his side, stylized, the Sanctuary of Our Lady Consolata in Turin, where everything began: the inspiration for the foundation of the two Institutes, the founding values of the Charism, the protection and blessing of Our Lady Consolata; as Blessed Allamano often said: “She is the Foundress!”
Top right: five stylized people, united in a dance: they are of different colors, representing all the peoples who have welcomed the Gospel and those who are still waiting for the Good News to be announced to them.
The whole is embraced by a green stripe, which represents life, in particular the thriving life of the Amazon Forest, the place where the miraculous healing of Sorino Yanomami, attributed to Blessed Joseph Allamano, took place.
Finally, the phrase: “Saints first, then missionaries”, so often repeated by Blessed Joseph Allamano to his young sons and daughters; one cannot convert people, he would say, unless he burns first with love for God; one cannot give what he does not have. We cannot speak about God, if we do not have a deep and authentic relationship with Him.
Download the logo in Portuguese – Italian – Spanish – Franch – English – Swahili – Zulu – Sotho – Korean – Amharico – Mongolian
* The Canonization Communications Team
