The Story with our Logo

The Saint Patrick Foundation logo takes its shape from the ancient stone crosses of Patrick and his followers. At its centre lies our world, surrounded and firmly supported both by the symbols of ancient Ireland and by the unbroken Celtic cord which speaks of God’s unbroken love for his creation. Within the cross, the sign of that love’s sacrifice, the cord is then woven into trinity knots representing God’s three-fold and relational nature. It was this that Patrick so famously illustrated using the shamrock.

Thus, our logo envisages a world that is truly valued and deeply cared for both by God and all who regard themselves as the children of this island.

Our slogan, “Baineann tábhacht le gach duine” in Irish, and “Ilka cratèr’s life recks gyelie” in Ulster Scots, captures the central truth that shaped the life of Saint Patrick and now shapes the work of the Saint Patrick Foundation. It translates into English as ’Every Life Matters.’ 

“I arise today, through a mighty strength,
The invocation of the Trinity, 
Through belief in the threeness,  
Through confession of the oneness
of the Creator of creation.”
                                                  - from St Patrick’s Breastplate