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The personal coat of arms is that of a (non related) McLaughlin family of County Meath in Ireland from which the ancestors of the Bishop came. These arms bear a knight on a red field holding a bow and arrow with an anchor displayed as a crest above the shield. To "difference" these arms, and to make them less warlike and more ecclesiastical, the anchor has been substituted for the bow and arrow. The anchor as the symbol of the Theological Virtue of Hope is more befitting for a prelate, and yet the whole affords an adequate interpretation of the McLaughlin family arms. | The personal coat of arms is that of a (non related) McLaughlin family of County Meath in Ireland from which the ancestors of the Bishop came. These arms bear a knight on a red field holding a bow and arrow with an anchor displayed as a crest above the shield. To "difference" these arms, and to make them less warlike and more ecclesiastical, the anchor has been substituted for the bow and arrow. The anchor as the symbol of the Theological Virtue of Hope is more befitting for a prelate, and yet the whole affords an adequate interpretation of the McLaughlin family arms. | ||
The silver star in the upper left of the shield is derived from the coat of arms of His Excellency, the Most Reverend [[Vincent Stanislaus Waters]], Bishop of Raleigh, whom Bishop McLaughlin served as Auxiliary Bishop. | The silver star in the upper left of the shield is derived from the coat of arms of His Excellency, the Most Reverend [[Vincent Stanislaus Waters]], Bishop of Raleigh, whom Bishop McLaughlin served as Auxiliary Bishop. | ||
The chief shows a gold crown from the arms of Saint Charles Borromeo, the baptismal patron of the ishop. The crown also honors Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, the baptismal patron of the Bishop's mother, Elizabeth Abel McLaughlin. Saint Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary (1207-1231), who died at the age of twenty four, lived a life of voluntary poverty as a Franciscan tertiary after the death of her husband, Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, to whom she bore three children. | The chief shows a gold crown from the arms of Saint [[Charles Borromeo]], the baptismal patron of the ishop. The crown also honors Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, the baptismal patron of the Bishop's mother, Elizabeth Abel McLaughlin. Saint Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary (1207-1231), who died at the age of twenty four, lived a life of voluntary poverty as a Franciscan tertiary after the death of her husband, Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, to whom she bore three children. | ||
The motto, "Ubi Caritas Ibi Deus," translated "Where there is love, there is God" is taken from the hymn sung on Holy Thursday at the Communion of the Mass. | The motto, "Ubi Caritas Ibi Deus," translated "Where there is love, there is God" is taken from the hymn sung on Holy Thursday at the Communion of the Mass. | ||