In 2026, we will celebrate the Clelian Year of Forgiveness, whose theme is: “Mercy received, forgiveness given.” This time of grace invites the entire Clelian family to relive the spiritual experience of Blessed Clelia Merloni, a woman who made forgiveness the path of her holiness and the most authentic testimony of her union with the Heart of Jesus.
In the school of the Heart of Christ, Mother Clelia learned that forgiveness is born from mercy received — it is both gift and response, a gesture that heals what has been wounded and opens the heart to hope.
To live the Clelian Year of Forgiveness is, therefore, a call to renew love, trust, and reconciliation, allowing mercy to transform our personal and communal lives.
In this spirit, the official logo of the Clelian Year of Forgiveness was created to visually express the profound meaning of this celebration and to translate, through symbol and color, the invitation to make the merciful love of the Heart of Jesus visible in the world.
The logo created for the Clelian Year of Forgiveness symbolically and deeply represents the path of mercy that culminates in forgiveness and communion.
At the center of the image is a heart, a universal symbol of love and mercy, deeply connected to the spirituality of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the source of all compassion. As Scripture says: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” (Jeremiah 31:3)
Within the heart, two hands meet. The outstretched hand is the hand of Jesus, marked by the wound of the crucifixion, offering mercy to welcome those who seek forgiveness. The other hand represents each of us, sinners who approach Him with humility, trusting in divine mercy. This gesture expresses the sacred moment of forgiveness.
At the center of the symbol is a winding path that crosses the heart, representing the spiritual journey each person is called to undertake in order to experience authentic forgiveness. It is an interior process that begins with attentive listening, passes through sincere conversion, and reaches its peak in reconciliation. It is Christ Himself who guides us on this path, revealing to us the way of forgiveness and love: “Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.” (Psalm 25:4)
Finally, at the top of the heart rises the cross, the supreme sign of God’s merciful love, from which forgiveness and salvation flow for humanity, where: “God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
The logo is marked by two symbolic colors: Red, which predominates, represents love given to the end, the blood shed by Christ on the cross, and the intensity of God’s merciful love. It is also the color of the wounded heart that loves and forgives; and brown, which evokes the earth, humility, and repentance, the fruit of mercy.
This logo visually and symbolically expresses the theme of the Clelian Year: “Mercy received, forgiveness granted.” In it, Jesus invites us to walk the path of the heart, an interior journey where God’s grace works silently, transforming, healing, and renewing us. In this spiritual journey, the love received becomes a gift shared. As we walk together, guided by Christ, forgiveness happens in the heart. It is there, in the depths of our being, that mercy finds a home and moves us to love as He loved.
