A visual identity for the Marist Interprovincial Volunteers
The Department of Collaboration for Mission International (CMI) has just launched the Interprovincial Volunteering logo.
Through this “new identity”, it seeks to promote Marist volunteering in the Marist Institute and to foster a culture of encounter and openness of mind and heart for the global availability of all Marists.
The logo, created in collaboration with the Department of Communication of the General Administration, represents the nature of Marist Interprovincial Volunteering: missionary and ministering, international and intercultural, Marist charism and collaboration in the construction of a different world.
Marist Interprovincial Volunteering Logo
The image represents the nature of Marist Interprovincial Volunteering: missionary and ministering, international and intercultural, Marist charism and collaboration in the construction of a different world.
The logo is made up of a symbol and a name.
The symbol consists of the combining of four elements: the globe, the “M”, a pinwheel, and people. The combination forms a harmonious whole.
- The globe represents the space where Marist life and mission unfold, the place of God’s manifestation where there is an invitation to become aware of ourselves and live as a global family.
- The letter “M”, initial of the name “Marist”, evokes the charism, the desire to live serving God in children and young people, in the style of Mary and Marcellin.
- The pinwheel evokes the dynamism, action, and movement of volunteers bringing life, social transformation and empowerment to children and young people.
- People of different colours embracing and forming a circle recall the international and intercultural life of the volunteers, who collaborate in the construction of the Global Charismatic Family.
The name is “Marist Volunteering”, a name by which all Marist volunteers of the Institute are recognized: brothers, lay people, collaborators, students… The style of the font used (script) suggests historical memory, distinction, current events, dynamism, and vitality.
The diversity of colours and movements that the logotype brings together represents the diversity of cultures of the 5 continents and our presence in 80 countries. We recognize ourselves as different while, at the same time, identified with the Marist charism and Champagnat’s dream of educating and evangelizing children and young people.
This logo will be used for the development of Interprovincial Marist Volunteering. If any Administrative Unit wishes to use it for interprovincial volunteering, it is authorized to do so. It is worth noting that it does not replace the logos of the AU or different Marist organizations.