Our New Logo

“Eternal God... you have bound the human family to yourself through Jesus your Son, our Redeemer, with a new bond of love so tight that it can never be undone.”

Eucharistic Prayer for Reconciliation I

We are pleased to introduce a refreshed logo for our parish family this new year!

This work, completed in-house, began as we considered the Archdiocesan Partners in the Gospel endeavor and feedback from our parish-wide survey this past summer.

Two fundamental desires inspired and directed us:

to expressly represent our richly diverse community in our visual communications
to ensure that, as we work to communicate the treasure we have – Christ Himself – we do so in ways understandable to the world we live in.

As we pray for the Lord Jesus to continue drawing us ever-nearer to Himself and one another “with a bond of love so tight that it can never be undone”, we hope the logo, crafted to reflect and represent our family of faith’s wide array of people, traditions, communities, and cultures, will be a source of pride for all our members.

Our new logo tells the story of our community in a single visual proclamation, intentionally honoring both Saint John and Saint Mary Magdalen.

“Like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
(1 Peter 2:5)

The icon is framed by a shield-form that calls to mind both of our campuses: the angled top and bottom form a shape similar to the outside roof-line of Saint Mary Magdalen parish church, while the two-tone halves create book-like imagery in homage to Saint John’s authorship of one of the Gospel accounts.

“How good and how pleasant it is, when brothers dwell together as one!”
(Psalms 133:1)

The two halves of the shield highlight how our parish is a place of meeting, where two church communities, hundreds of families, thousands of people, and a wide range of cultures are knit together by the same Lord and the same mission.

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)

The fields of green recall the vibrant color in Saint John church and speak to our Faith in Jesus Christ, who, seated in glory at the Father’s right-hand, is ever-green.

“But may I never boast except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” (Galatians 6:14)

The great Cross at the center proclaims Christ, whose sacrificial love is the heart and meaning of every parish.

“What came to be through Him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5)

Around it, radiant lines emanate from the Cross, echoing the sanctuary of Saint Mary Magdalen Parish and calling to mind the light of Christ.

“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” (Matt. 28:19-20a)

At each end of the Cross, the ray of light goes on, issuing the call of every Christian to be a missionary to those around them.

Our patrons model this: Mary Magdalen, the ‘Apostle to the Apostles’ was the first to announce the Resurrection; her bold witness stands at the very roots of the Church’s story. Saint John, too, brought this Good News to distant lands in his authorship of a Gospel narrative.

“I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky... and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing.” (Genesis 26:4)

A nod to the ceiling of Saint Mary Magdalen church, the stars around the Cross illustrate our unity in diversity. God promises to make the descents of Abraham, our ‘father in faith’, abundant; in our community, Christ gathers us into one. The stars also remind us of both our Blessed Mother’s mantle stretched over the Church in maternal care and the intercession of all the Saints for us.

“The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.” (Revelation 1:20)

The seven stars on either side of the shield-form reference the Church, which is manifested locally in the parish, most especially when we are gathered around the Altar of Christ for the celebration of the Sacred Mysteries of our faith.

In all these things, our new logo is not merely decorative. In illustrating how a Christian disciple’s missionary witness makes them, like our patrons, Apostles of the Good News of Christ, it is designed to be a catechesis on the richness of our Catholic Faith.

In this symbol, we, the united community of Saint John Church in Mukilteo and Saint Mary Magdalen Parish in Everett’s south side, are depicted gathered around the Lord, reminded that the Saints walk beside us as we follow His voice and are sent by Him into the world to be His witnesses.