The Claretian Spirituality Centre (CESC) was created on November 10, 2003. It is an organ of the General Prefecture of Spirituality and Community Life of the Claretian Congregation.

We are a team of Claretian missionaries called to keep alive the memory of our Founding Father and our family origins and to facilitate vital processes so that the Spirit continues to inspire and update the evangelizing force of our missionary charism.

Explanation of the CESC logo:

This logo came to replace another, previous and first, drawn and explained by Fr. Anton Vilarrubias cmf in October 2016. The one before us was devised and designed by Fr. Sebin Mundackal cmf in 2021. It shows in a simplified way the meaning of the missionary task that is carried out in our Centre. Let’s look at some details of the new logo.

The logo is placed on a bright white background. The white colour evokes light, a synthesis of the colours of the rainbow and, therefore, of unity in diversity. The CESC wants to drink from these sources of light to transmit them as if by radiation to the rich and diverse cultures where we find ourselves in.

A letter “C” in two inks stands out from the rest. That “C” evokes various realities that are very much ours: centre, companions, home, heart, Claret, Congregation, communion, path… we can add infinite. That is why it is an enveloping, surrounding “C”, creating a fraternal atmosphere. It is also an open “C”, welcoming, hospitable, protective, offering a treasure which is kept among the old files and dusty documents of our Archive. It is a “C” that sails over the undulations of history; keeps memory of a glorious past to open up to a future of hope; it knows the ins and outs and turbulence of history, but knows it is assisted and well oriented by a guiding light.

That light is represented by the fiery red oscillating flame that flickers like a spearhead in the logo. It is the light of the Spirit of God, the same Spirit -of the Father and of the Mother- that anointed the soul of Claret and that continues to encourage and link those of us who follow Christ in his style. That flame never goes out. Although sometimes it can hide, languish and perhaps seem suffocated in hard times, that flame is alive.

The letters “ESC” unite three realities in one: studies, spirituality with its Claretian profile. They synthesize our immersion work in our sources until finding essences that keep alive Claret’s spirit which is for everyone. The colour of the initials “CESC” is vigorous and brave, warm and blue. It alludes to the Heart of Mary, the Mother we can never forget. We are not interested, above all, in keeping old files or storing scholarly knowledge, but in transmitting the same fire that animated our Founder and that the world continues to need.

We cannot forget where we are. “Vic” was the “Bethlehem” where we were born as a family of the Lord. We have an origin and a history. This starting point has been spreading like shock waves throughout the world. The logo highlights that this place will always be a meeting point for us.

Fr. Juan Carlos Martos, cmf.

Current Director of CESC

 

 

 

Author: Sebin Mundackal CMF.