Chaplain’s Corner
Christmas card designers
Each year Archbishop Jeremy Greaves sends a Christmas message to hundreds of people across Australia and the world. This year Archbishop Jeremy selected three artworks created by Year 5 students at Churchie to use as designs for his Christmas cards. The Archbishop told the boys,
‘I was so impressed with all of the designs, it was too hard to choose just one.’
The boys have reflected on their Christmas card designs below:
Austin Li: My design is the birth of Jesus and Mary taking care of him. My favourite part of the nativity story is when the angel said, ‘Do not be afraid, I bring you good news that will cause great joy!’ because it makes the people in that community happy and excited for Jesus to be born. Christmas is a time to remember Jesus and God and pray to them.
Angus Richmond: My design symbolises Mary and Joseph with Jesus. They are under the star that the magi saw and signalled to them that Jesus was born, God’s son. My favourite part of the nativity story is when Jesus was born they put him in the manger and all the animals were surrounding him. Jesus came to give peace to the earth again and to teach everyone to learn how to respect and love God.
Alan Wu: My design is a dove flying in the night sky. The dove symbolises peace and the sky symbolises the night when Jesus was born. My favourite part of the nativity story is when the angels of God guided Joseph and Mary to the place where Jesus was born. The Christmas story has sacredness and is important for people to understand.