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  Motto

  “Veritas et Sapientia”

  Truth and Wisdom
  

  
  

  Colors

  Gold: Divinity

  Blue: Humanity given by Mary

  
  

  Symbols 

  •Open Book: Open to Knowledge

  •Cross: Faith as Foundation

  •Owl: Symbolizes Wisdom- the owl’s ability to see in the dark aligns with the idea of Christ as the Lord who brings light to a dark world and provides deeper insight.

  •Little House with a Star: Symbolizes the house of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus; the star is a title for Mary: “Morning Star”

  
  

  Saint and Feast Day

  St. Cyril of Alexandria (feast June 27), as president of the Council of Ephesus, directed the synod’s deliberations, presented the decisive letters against Nestorius, and secured the formal definition of the Virgin Mary as Theotokos, thereby shaping the council’s Christological outcome.