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Constitution Article I – Name-Seal

Section l

The Marywood University Alumni Association.

Section 2

The seal of the Marywood Alumni Association is an adaptation from the Coat of Arms of Marywood University, the significance of which may be described as follows: The black lozenge represents the city of Scranton located in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. The lozenge also serves as the traditional heraldic symbol in commemorating Marywood’s origin as a Women’s College. The lozenge is fittingly charged with the open book of learning inscribed with the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, which are taken from the Coat of Arms of the Most Reverend Michael J. Hoban, Bishop of Scranton, when the College was founded and which show that God, the beginning and end of all things, is the foundation of a true education. A golden field represents the great wealth that the mining of this natural resource has given this area. The Immaculate Heart of Mary, garlanded with roses, pierced by a sword, ensigned by her Crown as Queen of Heaven, and tinctured in the gold of eternity, is displayed on a forest green background to symbolize the title of the University. On either side of the Heart, taken from the Seal of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who founded, administer, and teach at the University, are two fleurs-de-lis, the French form of the lily and a well-known symbol of the Blessed Virgin. Under the shield is the motto of the University: Sanctitas, Scientia, Sanitas (Holiness, Knowledge, Health). Concentric circles circumscribe the Seal of the University, and within these circles is inscribed ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, with the year of its founding 1919.