- The Governor General of Canada
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Thomas Edward Dowd
Montréal, Quebec
Grant of Arms
November 15, 2011
Vol. VI, p. 75
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Blazon
Arms
Vert a bend sinister between in chief a sun in splendour and in base a shofar Or;
Motto
COR ET ANIMA UNA;
Symbolism
Arms
Green and gold are the colours of many Dowd arms in Ireland, Bishop Dowd’s ancestral homeland. Green is also the colour of hope and gold the colour of the glory of heaven. The diagonal band symbolizes a deacon’s stole which is the mark of a servant. The sun recalls the “sun of justice” described by the biblical prophet Malachi. The shofar is a horn symbolizing the action of announcing the glory of God and the coming day of the Lord.
Motto
This Latin motto means “One in heart and mind” (Acts 4:32).
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 24, 2012, in Volume 146, page 748 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Thomas Edward Dowd, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Gordon Macpherson
Calligrapher
Doris Wionzek
Recipient Information
Individual