what is st mary mascot?
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 Mary is venerated in the Catholic Church as Queen of Heaven and honoured in numerous Marian devotions . The Catholic Church has defined four Marian dogmas : the Immaculate Conception , the dogma that Mary was conceived without original sin ; her status , as the mother of Jesus , of Mother of God ; her perpetual virginity ; and her bodily assumption into Heaven at the end of her earthly life . 

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 St Mary 's church houses recreations of two significant artworks , both donated in 1857 by Lady Clara Dry . The first is a recreation of Guido Reni 's 1610 altarpiece from the Quirinal Palace , Rome . The second a 19th @-@ century copy of Raphael 's Transfiguration . Both were purchased in Italy during the Dry 's honeymoon , and were restored in 2004 . It also contains a copy of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 's Crucifixion in the East window — a gift from Lady Dry — and a copy of Raphael 's Annunciation . The Nave houses an organ built in 1861 by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd of London . The organ is essentially original , with only the addition of electric blowing , and includes one manual and seven speaking stops . 

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 The " conservation , protection and improvement " of St Mary 's are included in the aims of the Tyrer Charitable Trust , a Chester @-@ based charity that promotes health and the arts in Anglesey and north @-@ west England ; it is the only church so specified in the charity 's aims and objectives . 

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 Mary 's left hand is on an open prayer @-@ book , propped on a prie @-@ dieu ; the letter " D " visible on the page – perhaps for Deus tecum ( " the Lord be with you " ) , according to Ainsworth . Blum speculates the passage is from Isaiah 7 : 14 , " Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son . " A vase containing white lilies and a single blue iris is next to it on the floor . 

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 The tamaraw is also the mascot of the varsity teams of the Far Eastern University ( FEU Tamaraws ) in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines , and of the Toyota Tamaraws of the Philippine Basketball Association . 
