Parish Coat of Arms

BLAZON: Quarterly with the horizontal line wavy, Azure and Argent overall a cross moline quartered and Counterchanged; in the first and fourth quarter a mullet of six points Or; in the second and third quarter a money bag Gules bound Or.

EXPLANATION: The armorial bearings of the Parish of Saint Matthew, Flint, Michigan in the Diocese of Lansing reflect its location and it titular patron saint. The cross is not only the symbol of our faith and of the center of activity in any parish but in this form is borrowed from the diocesan coat of arms to indicate the parish is located in that diocese. The horizontal division line has been made wavy as a reference to the Flint River, and so as a reference to the city in which the parish is located. The two money bags are a symbol of the parish's patron, St. Matthew who was a tax collector before he became a disciple. The six-pointed star is from the arms of St. Pius X who was pope at the time the parish was erected. In addition, part of the former parish of St. Pius X has been incorporated into the parish of St. Matthew, so it alludes to that as well.
 

The blue and white motif from the diocesan coat of arms predominates throughout. The money bags are red to recall St. Matthew's martyrdom. By means of these symbols the coat of arms of the parish alludes to both its patron and the local church in which it is located.
 

The coat of arms of St. Matthew Parish was designed and emblazoned by Fr. Guy Selvester of the diocese of Metuchen, NJ a Fellow of the American College of Heraldry, a Fellow of the American Heraldry Society, and Sicily King-of-Arms of the Royal
Aragonese College of Arms.
 

September, 2025