CFM Symbol   Taken from  http:/www.cfm.org/mission.html

The CFM symbol is made up of four component parts: the ancient's signs for man, woman and child with the Christian symbol for Christ, joined in beautiful harmony to form a single unit, indicating the most basic characteristic of the Christian family.

Christ - superimposed upon the whole is the symbol for Christ, the "Chi Rho", who holds the central place in the family unit.  (More on the Chi Rho)

Man - shown with arms lifted up to God, standing as a tower of great strength, exemplifying his place as head of the family.

Woman - reaching toward the earth, beautifully demonstrating her likeness to the earth in her fertility-the place she holds in the divine plan of creation, fulfilled in the family unit.

Child - the circle, as a sign of life, represents the child, showing the closeness of the power of man and woman to God's supreme power of creation.

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About the Chi-Rho Symbol
        
The Chi-Rho symbol is generally depicted as the Greek letter chi (which looks like the Roman alphabet X) superimposed over the elongated stem of the Greek letter rho (which looks like the Roman alphabet P). It is a Christian symbol representing Jesus Christ, with the chi and rho being the first two letters in the Greek spelling of Christ (Christos; chi-rho-iota-sigma-tau-omicron-sigma).

The Chi-Rho symbol is also called the labarum, the Monogram of Christ, Constantine's Cross, the Chrismon, the Christogram, and the Monogram of Constantine. The Chi-Rho symbol was used to represent Jesus even before 312 AD. However, in 312 AD, the Roman Emperor Constantine I was said to have had a vision or a dream of the Chi-Rho symbol in the sky in which were emblazoned the Greek words 'en touto Nika' (translated in Latin into 'In Hoc Signo Vinces' and in English into "In this sign (the cross) you will conquer." Some believe that the arrangement of stars in the night sky of 27 October 312 formed the Chi-Rho. In any event, Constantine I had his troops' shields emblazoned with this symbol and created his own standard with the Chi-Rho and the 'en touto Nika' as prominent symbols. Constantine I, although out manned, defeated his enemy and became sole emperor of the Roman Empire.

Constantine I then converted to Christianity, becoming the first Roman Emperor to do so. Christians were now free to practice their faith, and Constantine I and his mother encouraged the Christians. Constantine and his mother were sainted by the Catholic Church.

To this day, the Chi-Rho symbol is used to represent Jesus Christ.

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