Our Emblem
At the time of our Congregation's renewal, one hundred years after its founding, the authorities comissioned a Brother Bernward in the Austrian Abbey of Seckau to design an emblem that expressed a new awareness of our spirituality as Daughters of God's Love, with the inner life of the Blessed Trinity as the model of our love for one another and all people.
The three elements at the top signify God the Father who dwells in inaccessible light. The cross arms attached represent the Son, our Redeemer who suffered in love for us on the cross. At the "bottom", actually facing inward is the Holy Spirit springing from the eternal love of the Father and the Son. The rings are dynamic, seeming to be alive. These are the community of the sisters who center their lives and love in the Triune God.
A Herder print, a copy of the famous icon found in Rome in the Basilica of St. Mary Major. Mother Franziska came to like this image when she saw the copy in Ingolstadt, Germany. We see Mary depicted as the Mother of God, in the Greek letters. She holds a grown and wise child, her son the Redeemer who holds the book of the Good News, the Gospel and blesses with the two fingers of His right hand signifying, as does Mary that He is both God and Man. Mary's great life moments are embroidered in her mantel. The star of Bethlehem and the cross of Calvary.
