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The principal charge of Bishop Steib's arms is taken from the arms of the Society of the Divine Word. These arms display a cross standing on a rocky mound, which in the arms of Bishop Steib has been modified into a heraldic trimount. The cross has been enriched by the addition of fleurs-de-lis on each of the upper extremities. The fleurs-de-lis, which like the cross and trimount are of gold , are taken from the arms of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, where they appear in a similar configuration. | The principal charge of Bishop Steib's arms is taken from the arms of the Society of the Divine Word. These arms display a cross standing on a rocky mound, which in the arms of Bishop Steib has been modified into a heraldic trimount. The cross has been enriched by the addition of fleurs-de-lis on each of the upper extremities. The fleurs-de-lis, which like the cross and trimount are of gold , are taken from the arms of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, where they appear in a similar configuration. | ||
The cross on its trimount is shown rising from a heraldic stylization of a body of water. This represents the Mississippi River, central to the Bishop's home state of Louisiana and the archdiocese in which he ministers in an episcopal capacity. Also rising from the water and flanking the cross are two stalks of | The cross on its trimount is shown rising from a heraldic stylization of a body of water. This represents the Mississippi River, central to the Bishop's home state of Louisiana and the archdiocese in which he ministers in an episcopal capacity. Also rising from the water and flanking the cross are two stalks of sugarcane, likewise shown in gold. The Bishop has chosen these as a personal symbol, inasmuch as his father was a sugarcane worker and the Bishop himself worked in the sugarcane fields as a young man. By extension, this symbol serves to identify Black workers in general, to whom the Bishop is in a special sense a minister of the Gospel. | ||
The open book, with its silver pages and blue binding, attests to the Bishop's years of service as an educator. It occupies a position of heraldic honor, seen as the upper right corner of the shield by someone bearing the shield in battle. | The open book, with its silver pages and blue binding, attests to the Bishop's years of service as an educator. It occupies a position of heraldic honor, seen as the upper right corner of the shield by someone bearing the shield in battle. | ||