Parish Seal

The official seal of the parish is a depiction of a mother pelican piercing her breast with her bill so as to feed her young with her own blood.

According to an ancient tradition, mentioned by St. Augustine of Hippo, the Church is compared to a pelican in her willingness to nourish her offspring from her own body.

The imagery is appropriate for the Church of the Redeemer, not only because pelicans are abundant in and around Sarasota Bay, but also because Redeemer is the "mother parish" for every other Episcopal congregation in the Sarasota area.

Our monthly parish newsletter, The Pelican, gets its name from the mother bird pictured in this seal.