{"id":21428,"date":"2024-12-06T19:46:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=21428"},"modified":"2024-12-06T19:46:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:46:32","slug":"amecea-cleric-explains-the-meaning-of-jubilee-logo-2025-to-communication-coordinators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/amecea-cleric-explains-the-meaning-of-jubilee-logo-2025-to-communication-coordinators\/","title":{"rendered":"AMECEA: Cleric Explains the Meaning of Jubilee Logo 2025, to Communication Coordinators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA <\/em><\/p>\n

Ahead of the Jubilee year 2025 in the catholic Church which will begin on\u00a0December 24, 2024, with the official Opening of the Holy Door of Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica, and runs to January 6, 2026, the Feast Day of Epiphany, with the Closing of the Holy Door, a cleric has explained to communication coordinators from the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa (AMECEA) region what the logo means in relation to the jubilee\u2019s theme.<\/p>\n

The year-long theme for the Jubilee is centered on \u201cPilgrims of Hope,\u201d which the Holy Father Pope Francis reflected on from St. Paul\u2019s letter to the Romans that\u00a0\u201cHope does not disappoint\u201d (Rom\u00a05:5). Thus, the people of God are expected to embrace hope, mercy, and fraternity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In his narration to the communication coordinators from the AMECEA countries who gathered in Nairobi, Kenya for the annual planning meeting, Fr. Andrew Kaufa the regional Communication coordinator highlighted that the logo has four figures in four colours; red, orange, green, and blue<\/strong> representing all of humanity, coming from the four corners of the earth (North, South, East and west).<\/p>\n

These four figures are designed embracing each other<\/strong>, depicting the\u00a0solidarity and brotherhood<\/strong>\u00a0that should unite the peoples of the world. They (figures) further hold unto a curved cross that bends towards humanity with an anchor at the bottom.<\/p>\n

In an earlier explanation<\/a> by the Vatican official Monsignor Rino Fisichella<\/strong>, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, when the logo was unveiled, \u201cthe anchor has often been used as a metaphor for hope. The anchor of hope is the name given in sea-faring jargon to the reserve anchor which is used by vessels to perform emergency manoeuvres to stabilize the ship during storms.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Thus, according to the Vatican Official in his earlier explanation, \u201cit is precisely in the most difficult moments that we need to rely on an anchor that gives us security and guarantees salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The logo also has rough waves under the four figures. This signifies that life\u2019s pilgrimage has its challenges and normally not smoothly always. \u201cOften the circumstances of daily life and events in the wider world require a greater call to hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jubilee 2025 logo was authored<\/a> by a young graphic designer from Puglia, Giacomo Trevisani<\/strong>. He narrated his graphic choice and the study behind the creation of the logo with the words:\u00a0\u201cI imagined people of every colour moving from every part of the earth towards a common future, and towards a Cross that is Jesus himself. I imagined the Pope leading humanity through a Cross that becomes an anchor, and us clinging to him, symbolizing pilgrims of all time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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