Humble Servant

Pope Francis sitting in the back row praying with the faithful before mass.  Photo courtesy of L'Osservatore Romano, March 22, 2013.

Joyful Servants logo/image/icon?

First off, neither Loni or I come close to being an artist or even have any sense of art appreciation.  I am, however, a "doodler".  Loni, on the other hand, have the "vision".  And so, when Loni shared with me her vision of a "Joyful Servants" logo, and started to draw some figures on the whiteboard, I basically "doodled" and Loni came up with this:

Loni wanted to capture the "Diaconate Couple" theme that she believed is lacking in most, if not all, diaconate images.  Currently, most images emphasized the ordained deacon and his "visible" ministry (Word and Altar), such that little is recognized in the way of the "invisible" ministry of his partner, and in most cases, the better half of the diaconate couple.  The "Joyful Servants Diaconate Couple" is seen as pouring "love" out  in the service of their ministry. Loni described it beautifully to me, but I'm like a dense person, managed only to retain bits and pieces and I'm not relating it back as well.  So, hopefully, you can ask her to go deeper when you see her.

Here's a bit of my doodling and our whiteboard:

I hope readers of this blog will let us know of what they think of our doodles.  Even more hopeful is that you all will contribute your doodles so that we can have a logo/image/icon that truly represent our "Joyful Servants" diaconate couples!