Our New Parish Logo 2024

A Parish logo is meant to instantly identify one’s parish philosophy in a unique and welcoming way. It is a strong visual image that symbolizes the true spirit and message specific to our Catholic faith. Distinctive and memorable, it needs to represent the parish ministry and inspire its followers accurately. With St. John XXIII, we are a flourishing Parish and vibrant School.  To accurately represent who we are, we have taken the next step in our evolution to combine our two separate logos into one symbol of unity between the Parish and the School.  

The following is our new  St. John the XXIII Catholic Parish and school logo, which we believe fully represents all of us.

Our logo contains several elements that allow us to communicate the strong messages in our vision statement and ministry goals. This does not change. Our new logo enhances our vision by combining all colors to represent Christ in all we do as a Parish and School.  

THE CROSS

The cross is the principal and best-known symbol of our Christianity, at the heart of God’s redemptive plan.  We realize that the cross represents:

Salvation – Jesus bore our sins upon the cross so we could be reconciled to God and receive eternal life.

Sacrifice – Jesus’ days on earth exemplify a sacrificial life.  Laying aside his divine authority, He faithfully carried out God’s plan.

Service – “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve – to give his life in ransom for the many.” (Mark 10:45)  Our Savior calls us to deny ourselves and follow Him through sacrificial service to others.

THE COLORS

Color is one way our Catholic faith connects visually to particular events or mysteries.

When utilized in vestments, colors highlight the particular liturgical season and the faithful’s journey through these seasons.  Second, the colors punctuate the seasons by highlighting a particular event or mystery of faith.

Green is used during the liturgical season called Ordinary Time.  Ordinary does not mean ordinary in the sense of routine or basic. Ordinary means the weeks/months between the special seasons (Christmas, Lent, Advent, and Easter), as in the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. This season focuses on the three-year period of our Lord’s public ministry, recounting his teachings, miracles, and other deeds.  All of these events engender anticipation and great hope in the mystery of salvation.  We focus on the life He shared with humankind during His time on earth, the life we share now with Him in the community of the Church and through His sacraments, and we look forward to sharing everlasting life with Him.  

Green symbolizes hope and life: hope, life, resurrection, bounty, reliability, and new beginnings.

Gold or White symbolizes rejoicing, light, glory, and purity of soul.  Worn during the liturgical seasons of Christmas and Easter for feasts of the saints who were not martyrs and to signify the resurrection of our Lord. White is also worn for funerals, reminding us of the resurrection.

Violet or purple in Advent helps us remember that we are preparing for Christ’s coming. Lent, the season of penance, repentance, and renewal, also uses violet or purple. Light, glory, purity, splendor, nourishing, hospitable, and comfort.

Red has a dual imagery:  On one hand, red symbolizes the shedding of blood and is therefore used on Palm Sunday, Good Friday, any other commemoration of the Lord’s passion, the days marking the martyrdom of the apostles, and the feasts of other martyrs who offered their lives for the faith.

Red also signifies the burning fire of God’s love. For this reason, red is worn on Pentecost, celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation and the votive Masses of the Holy Spirit. The Blood of Christ, love, powerful, motivating, exciting.

Blue: Heaven, strong, loyal, thought-provoking, reliable, authoritative.

Overall, the colors awaken us to the sense of sacred time. They are another visible way to present the sacred mysteries we celebrate.

THE FONT

Although few people had as great an impact on the 20th century as Pope John XXIII, he avoided the limelight as much as possible.  It has been noted that his “ordinariness and humbleness” seemed to be one of his most remarkable qualities.  To honor his canonization to sainthood and our selection of St. John XXIII to represent our merged Catholic Faith community, it seemed appropriate to inscribe his name with simple, elegant, yet minimal lettering. We are grateful for the gift of his life and voice of holiness.   

We hope you are pleased with our representation of our Parish and School.

Thank you to all who contributed their time and talents to help us realize our goal. 

You will see our new logo in many ways in the days and years ahead.