Our Faith.
What does SIGNIS even mean? And we have a patron saint - that’s pretty legit.
What does SIGNIS mean? Is it latin for something?
The word SIGNIS is a combination of
SIGNUM & IGNIS.
SIGNUM is the Latin word for “a sign to communicate, and
IGNIS is the Latin word for “fire”.
“We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest”
— Saint Óscar Romero
And, there’s the Patron Saint.
Saint Óscar Romero
St. Óscar Romero was the archbishop of San Salvador. He was shot while celebrating Mass on March 24, 1980, during the birth of a civil war between leftist guerrilla forces and the dictatorial government of the right.
An outspoken critic of the violence and injustices being committed at the time, Romero was declared a martyr who was killed in hatred of the faith for his vocal defense of human rights.
Learn more about Saint Óscar Romero.