Saint Columban is a great example for Christians--both a good example, and a bad one. In his early years, he was instrumental in re-evangelizing Europe after the collapse of the Roman empire had left it in the hands of Huns, Vandals, and other pagans. But, he wasted his later years in a squabble about calculating the date of Easter.
Since there seems to be no standard symbol associated with St. Columban, we designed this crest during a unit study on heraldry. It shows a dove and wolf opposed, and the Bible above all. At his birth Columban, it is said, was given two names - Crimthann, "wolf," and Colum, "dove." These two sides to his nature were always in tension. But, his devotion to his Lord and to the holy Scriptures was what gave his life meaning. The green stripe reminds us of his origin in Ireland, the last bastion of western Christianity during the darkest of the dark ages.