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The College Logo is that of a dove with fiery wings; this is a combination of two powerful symbols of the Holy Spirit.

The dove is an emblem of purity and innocence (Matthew 10:16), the form of the dove was assumed on this occasion to signify that the Spirit with which Jesus would be endowed would be one of purity and innocence. Another symbol involving the dove comes from the account of the Flood and Noah’s ark in Genesis 6:8. When the earth had been covered with water for some time, Noah wanted to check to see if there was dry land anywhere, so he sent out a dove which came back with an olive branch in her beak (Genesis 8:11). Symbolically, the story of the dove tells us that God declared peace with mankind after the Flood purged the earth of its wickedness. The dove represented His Spirit bringing the good news of reconciliation with God. In Luke 3:22 at Jesus’ baptism it is described “And the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily shape, like a dove on Him.” It is significant that the Holy Spirit was pictured as a dove at Jesus’ baptism, thereby again symbolizing peace with God.

The Holy Spirit, when assuming a visible form, adopts that which will be symbolic of the thing to be represented. At Pentecost, He assumed the form of “tongues of fire” (Acts 2:3) to signify the miraculous powers of language with which the apostles would be endowed and the power of their message. In the same way, His appearance as the dove symbolizes the gentle Saviour bringing peace to mankind through His sacrifice.