Seal
of the New Jersey Sisters of Charity
The symbolic PELICAN forms the main emblem in the
Community seal,
representative at once of the spirit of sacrifice
and love for others,
indicated by the Pelican's feeding its
young from its own substance: This
symbol was adopted by
the Community after its formal incorporation and grant
of its
charter by the State of New Jersey.
The significance of the number of birds in the nest recalls the
Seven
Founders of the Community in 1859. Beneath the nest is the year; the
lettering about the rim of the seal, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth,
New Jersey. Above the Pelican, in a scroll, the Community motto, Deus est
Caritas (God is Love).
From The New Jersey Sisters of Charity by Sister Mary Agnes Sharkey, New
York, 1933, Volume III, page 29.
Box 476, Convent Station, NJ 07961 973-290-5345
