Background
The International Eucharistic Congress is normally celebrated every four years. It was last hosted in Ireland in 1932. Pope Benedict XVI announced in June 2008 that the next International Eucharistic Congress will take place in Dublin in 2012. Further information can be found on
www.iec2012.ie. The Congress committee wishes to facilitate the participation of as many people as possible in the preparation of the Congress. With this in mind, a public competition is being held to design a Congress Logo which will be suitable for use on:
# Web Site
# Banners
# Badges
# Promotional materials
# All Congress documentation
Thematic Elements
The theme of the Congress is "The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with one another." The following passage from the Vatican Council’s document Lumen Gentium (The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church) will provide the artist with some helpful thematic background. Really partaking of the body of the Lord in the breaking of the Eucharistic bread, we are taken up into communion with Him and with one another. "Because the bread is one, we though many, are one body, all of us who partake of the one bread". In this way all of us are made members of His Body, "but severally members one of another"(Lumen Gentium, 7).
Some or all of the following thematic elements will be reflected in the successful entry:
# “Communion” as a gathering together of many people into one body
# The Eucharist as the “source and summit of the Church's life and mission”
# The fact that the Congress takes place in Ireland
# The international nature of the Congress
# The 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the Second Vatican Council (1962)
Technical Requirements
The logo should be:
# prepared in .JPG format, with the finished logo capable of being rendered as a vector image (.EPS file)
# prepared in full colour but capable of use in monochrome (please specify CMYK colour mode)
# resolution not less than 225 dpi
# non-animated
Submission and Evaluation
# Entries should be submitted by email to logodesign@iec2012.ie, with the logo as an attachment. (This email address for entries only. General enquiries to info@iec2012.ie)
# Each artist may submit a maximum of five entries
# Each entry may be accompanied by a short note (100 words max.) explaining its inspiration
# All entries must be the original work of the artist and must not have been copied from any other source. Copyright ownership of the winning logo, if any, will remain with the winning artist. The Committee of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress will, however, have the fully paid up, royalty free exclusive right to use the winning logo for all purposes. If the artist, at a later stage, wishes to use, assign or licence the winning logo for any purpose, the prior written permission must be obtained from the Committee
# The closing date for applications will be Monday September 21st 2009
# All entries will be acknowledged by email
# All entries will be anonymised before submission to the judging panel
# The decision of the judges will be final and we reserve the right not to award the prize to any entry. We are under no obligation to use any winning logo
Prize
The prize for the winning entry will be a travel voucher to the value of €1,000 towards a visit to Rome.
