New Logo Elements
There is deep meaning in each of the elements of our new logo. Each element is critical in representing who Spirit and Grace Academy is and what we strive to achieve in educating our children.
CATHOLIC
Every element contains Catholic imagery! This includes the Eucharist, the Holy Spirit, the Lion of Judah, the Cross, and more!.
SHIELD
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
Ephesians 6:10-18
LION
Courage, praise, confidence, child of God, tribe of Judah, Holy Spirit (read more below our mascot)
EUCHARIST
The source and summit of our Catholic life, new and eternal covenant with God
OLIVE BRANCHES
Peace, God’s grace and forgiveness
TRIAQUETRA
Represents the Holy Trinity and is a symbol of wisdom
KEYS
Given to St. Peter to unlock the gates of Heaven (Matthew 16:19), truth of the Catholic Church
Our Mascot
What our lion means…
Great Destroyer of Darkness, Bringing Light to Darkness
Revelation 5:5 – One of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. The lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has triumphed…”
*The seer is comforted by an elder who tells him that Christ, called the lion of the tribe of Judah, has won
*The lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David: these are the messianic titles applied to Christ to symbolize his victory;
Represents Christ’s battle against evil
“…whole Narnia story is about Christ.”
– C.S. Lewis
“In The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, and throughout the other six titles in the The Chronicles of Narnia, the Lion, Aslan [Turkish for lion], is quite clearly a figure of Christ. He is unmistakably and indubitably so.”
– The “Deep Magic” of Narnia and Christian Orthodoxy, National Catholic Register
READ NCR ARTICLEStrength, Leadership
Genesis 49:8-10a – [Jacob speaking] “You, Judah, shall your brothers praise—your hand on the neck of your enemies; the sons of your father shall bow down to you. Judah is a lion’s cub, you have grown up on prey, my son. He crouches, lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who would dare rouse him? The scepter shall never depart from Judah,”
1 Chronicles 5:2 – Judah, in fact, became powerful among his brothers, so that the ruler came from him
1 Chronicles 28:4 – However, the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me [David] from all my father’s family to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah as leader, then one family of Judah, that of my father; and finally, among all the sons of my father, it pleased him to make me king over all Israel.
Critical Thinking, Courage, Community, Faith
Critical thinking requires courage to dig in and learn something beyond what is immediately apparent.
Community is critical for lions survival, and we build our community at SAGA to support and empower our students and families.
Hebrews 11:1 – Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.
Faith brings it all together as we must have faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ, faith in our abilities, and faith in our community.
Holy Spirit
Note the steganographically hidden images, representative of the Holy Spirit, of the dove with an olive branch at the top of the lion as well as the flame at the bottom. Incorporating the Holy Spirit into our mascot embodies how the Holy Spirit is incorporated into everything that we do through SAGA.
STEGANOGRAPHY