SSMN SYMBOL
"The symbol we chose is a cross.
Not too big.
We can wear it in a secularized
multi-racial world.
Not triumphalist
the upper vertical is longer:
'I have offered all to God.'
"The body in an attitude of gift
can recall our motto.
At the same time dead and risen
emphasizes a sign of hope.
It could be from any race
in our world
hollowed into a cross.
It can signify
kenosis
selflessness
an aspect of mystery
in which our identity is rooted."
(General Chapter, 1995)
