The name VIVAT is derived from the Latin verb “VIVERE” meaning “LIVE” and  expresses the deep wish for all that exists: “may s/he live, may all persons live, may all creation live”. It evokes the programmatic prayer of St. Arnold Janssen, the founder of the two congregations from which the organization originates: Vivat Deus Unus et Trinus in Cordibus Nostris (“May the One and Triune God live in our hearts”) and is the unifying symbol of the two congregations. The logo depicts three persons embracing, welcoming and supporting one another while at the same time looking beyond their own circle to the larger outer world that is longing for unity and communion. The three olive shoots springing from the second letter of VIVAT stand for the hope and the transformation that VIVAT International envisages for the world.