Joseph Augustine Di Noia
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Born: July 10, 1943 Titular Archbishop of Oregon City, 2009-present |
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Origin/meaning
The shield adopts the classical arms of the Dominican Order and is surmounted by a smaller shield (inescutcheon), reminiscent of the coat of arms of the Dominican Province of Saint Joseph with a blue field honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary, and with two charges: (1) The carpenter’s square in silver honoring Saint Joseph after whom Archbishop Di Noia was named at his baptism at Immaculate Conception Church, Bronx, New York on 18 July 1943. (2) The golden scallop shell, repeated three times in honor of the Blessed Trinity and recalling the infused theological virtues of faith, hope and charity.
The shell itself has a triple symbolism. First, it refers to Saint Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Doctor of the Church whose name was given to Archbishop Di Noia when he received the Dominican habit in 1963 and who, according to legend, recognized the futility of his own endeavor to encompass the infinity of God within the limits of the human mind when he came upon a child trying to scoop the sea into a hole in the sand with a shell. Secondly, the shell reminds us of our baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Finally, recalling the main charge on the coat of arms of His Holiness Benedict XVI, the shell is meant as a devout tribute to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who called Father Di Noia to be under-secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2002, and to Pope Benedict XVI who in 2009 named him Titular Archbishop of Oregon City and Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
Literature: http://shoutsinthepiazza.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-07-22T1
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