The emblem enshrines the ideals of the Seminary. The inmates are expected to experience the depth of Christ’s love and eventually impart it to others as its authentic apostles. In this sense, each seminarian is expected to become the symbol or sacrament of Christ’s love. The cross at the centre of the emblem stands for this love of Christ. The outer frame of the emblem originates from the Cross and culminates in the leaf of a Pipal tree, the tree of divine wisdom and enlightenment. The Pipal leaf in its triangular shape stands for the Trinitarian Mystery of salvation, eternally hidden in the bosom of the Father, but revealed in the Person of Jesus Christ at the end of times (cf. Eph 1:3-12).
Thus the emblem signifies a double movement – the Trinitarian love flowing outward and being made manifest in the love of the crucified Lord; human love being purified and elevated by Christ’s redeeming love, eventually returning to its source, the Trinitarian love.