The Southwest Register John B. Brungardt February 13, 2011 Page 25 SW Kansans make their voices heard at Topeka rally

John Hough/SKR Photos Above: Father Wesley Schawe, far right, stands on the steps of the capitol build- ing with the youth and adults from the Diocese of Dodge City at the pro-life March for Peace rally Jan. 24 in Topeka. Top, right: Bishop-elect John B. Brun- gardt stands with youth from the Diocese of Dodge City. At right: Bishop-elect Brungardt celebrates Mass with Abbot Gregory Polan, O.S.B., at the Topeka Expo Center. Chris Riggs/ Advance Photo Page 26 February 13, 2011 Bishop John B. Brungardt The Southwest Kansas Register The Coat of Arms of the Most Rev. John Brungardt (Continued from Page 22) the sun in heraldic shape, with a round On either side of the vertical the pro-life movement, as we are called to The vertical bar dividing this section disc surrounded by 16 rays, alternating respect the dignity of the human person, refers to the 100th meridian which runs wavy and straight, on a blue field. This bar are two Indian arrow- from conception to natural death, as we through Dodge City. The bar is again “Sun in Splendor” or “In His Glory” is a heads. They represent the are all made in God’s divine image and divided to indicate that the division of Messianic symbol of our Lord. The sun likeness. The rose rests on an argent (sil- Central and Mountain Time zones which symbolizes the light of God, who lights Native American heritage of ver) field, symbolic of transparency, then also runs through the diocese. us each individually and lights all of hu- the Diocese of Dodge City purity, as that of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the honor point of this section a manity; the light of justice; and the light and the Diocese of Wichita For his motto, Bishop Brungardt has golden circle becomes a repository for the of faith. “But for you who fear my name, selected the phrase, “Filled With Com- symbol of the Sacred Heart, commemo- there will arise the Sun of justice with from which the Diocese was passion,” from the Parable of the Prodigal rating the first Cathedral of the diocese. its healing rays” (Malachi 3:20). This formed in 1951. Son (Luke 15:11-32). Verse 20 states: This medallion is composed of gold, sig- passage also prefigures Jesus Christ, “the “...While he was still a long way off, his nifying the divinity of Christ, and of red, light for revelation to the Gentiles” (Luke The embattlements in the father caught sight of him, and was filled the color of His humanity. On either side 2:32). The symbol of the Sun is also im- upper section are the heraldic with compassion. He ran to his son, em- of the vertical bar are two Indian arrow- portant to Kansas, “The Sunflower State,” braced him and kissed him.” Compassion heads. They represent the Native Ameri- and to southwest Kansas agriculture in equivalent of fortifications comes from the Latin “com” meaning can heritage of the Diocese of Dodge City the growing and ripening of wheat for the which marked Dodge City “with,” and “passio” meaning “to suffer,” and the Diocese of Wichita from which production of bread, itself the matter of as a frontier town. The hawk thus compassion means “to suffer with,” the Diocese was formed in 1951. the Eucharist. The sun rests on an azure especially to suffer with the least of our The embattlements in the upper section (blue) field, symbolic of the separation surmounting the embattle- brothers and sisters. In using this phrase, are the heraldic equivalent of fortifica- of worldly values from spiritual virtues, ments represents the Black Bishop Brungardt prays that the Lord tions which marked Dodge City as a as our souls yearn to rise to the Lord and will continue to bless him with the virtue frontier town. The hawk surmounting the leave the things of earth. Hawk Indian War in which of compassion as he ministers with the embattlements represents the Black Hawk The lower part of the shield contains a Colonel Henry Dodge took people of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge Indian War in which Colonel Henry single rose in heraldic shape, significant City. Our compassionate Jesus loves us Dodge took part. to Bishop Brungardt’s devotion to the part. more than we can ask or imagine! Blessed Virgin Mary. The rose is a sym- The coat of arms is completed with a Significance –Bishop bol widely used for Our Blessed Mother which were given to St. Juan Diego on gold processional cross, with the pon- Mary, the “Mystical Rose,” in the Litany Tepeyac as proof of the apparition of Our John Balthasar Brungardt tifical hat, called a gallero, with its six of the Blessed Virgin. Rendered with five Lady of Guadalupe. This is also signifi- tassels in three rows, on either side of the The personal side of the coat of arms is petals, this celebrated symbol signifies cant since the patroness of the Catholic shield, all in green. These are the heraldic divided in two equal sections by a hori- Mary’s five joys, the joyful mysteries Diocese of Dodge City is Our Lady of insignia of a of the rank of bishop zontal line. of the rosary, and the five major Marian Guadalupe, and the Cathedral is named by instruction of the Holy See, dated the The superior half of the shield depicts feasts. It is symbolic of the Castilian roses in her honor. The rose is also symbolic of 31st of March 1969.

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