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Upper
Field:
Episcopal
arms of Saint Charles, Cardinal Archbishop
of Milan. Humilitas (humility), under the ducal
crown (gold on azure), is taken from the arms
of the Borromeo family. |
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Lower Left
Field:
Open book (white or argent) with the letters Alpha and Omega (black)
on red (gules) ground; signifying the sum total of truth taught by the
Church and sealed by the Precious Blood of Christ. |
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Lower
Right Field:
Ploughshare
(gold) taken from the arms of the State of Pennsylvania,
on a green field, symbolizing the labor of the
divine husbandman in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. |
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The
motto, Exiit qui seminat (the sower
went forth to sow), is indicative of the new graduate
who leaves Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary for missionary
labor. |
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