We chose as our insignia the picture of Our Lady of Schools, accompanied
by the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary which
appears on the back of the Miraculous Medal. To confirm our loyalty to our
late Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, we chose his motto, “Totus Tuus”
(“Totally Yours”) as our own.
The picture of Our Lady of Schools speaks for itself. It depicts Mary
presenting to us her Child, Who stands atop the whole of visible creation.
It shows forcefully how all creation bears the imprint of the Incarnate Word
through Mary. Mary is shown in her mission of bringing Christ to us and
nurturing Him in the souls of men. His left hand rests on the arm of His
mother showing us how He allowed Himself to be dependent upon her for
His own growth “in wisdom and age and grace” while on earth and how He
wishes for us to depend on her for His growth in us. Mother and Son are
looking down to meet the eyes of both teachers and students looking up.
Teachers in cooperation with Mary find their surest way of multiplying Christ
in the persons of their students.
In His hand, Jesus holds a small cross. In His halo, the ideal brightness
surrounding the head of Mary’s Son, is visible the upper and lateral parts
of the cross. Thus in His cross are focused the love and sacrifice which
forms the basis of all true Christian education. Our Lady’s halo is composed
of her twelve star diadem which recalls her twelve glorious privileges and
describes her mission and prerogatives. These are: Her Divine motherhood,
with its corollaries, her spiritual motherhood, her universal mediation and
her universal queenship, her Immaculate Conception, fullness of grace,
freedom from actual sin, perpetual virginity, her knowledge, her immunity
from corruption, anticipated resurrection, and her bodily assumption.