A secondary school pupil in Wrexham has won the Bishop of St Asaph’s Christmas Card Competition.

Bethany Graham from St Joseph’s Anglican and Catholic High School was named the winner and has had her design turned into Christmas Cards which are sent all over the world.

She was one of more than 1,700 children from the 50 Church in Wales schools across the Diocese of St Asaph who entered the competition.

The theme this year was The Shepherds. Bethany’s design shows three shepherds leading their sheep to Bethlehem having heard of the birth of Jesus.

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The Bishop of St Asaph, the Rt Revd Gregory Cameron was joined by his wife, Clare Cameron, to present Bethany with a prize during a special school assembly at St Joseph’s on December 20.

He said: “Congratulations to Bethany and thank you for designing my Christmas Cards.

“I’m always amazed by the talent in the young people in our church schools and the sheer variety of the designs that are offered. Our church school do such good work and cooperating with them for this competition is a real joy.”

The full list of those awarded prizes is:

• First prize to Bethany Graham from St Joseph’s Catholic and Anglican High School

• Joint second prizes to Luke Tyson, aged 8 and Sorrell Jones, aged 6 both from All Saints School in Gresford. Luke’s design will be used to make Christmas Cards for St Asaph Cathedral.

• Third prize to Ella Sheppard, aged 9 from Forden Church in Wales School near Welshpool.

The Leader: The group of winners The group of winners (Image: submitted)

An additional prize was awarded to Emmie Craven, aged 11, from Ysgol Llanddulas, whose design featured on the front cover of the diocesan magazine, Teulu Asaph.

All the prize winners receive a book token and certificate. In addition, Bethany receives an enlarged framed print of her design, along with 10 Christmas cards so she can send them to her family and friends. Certificates were also given to the children in St Joseph’s whose work gained either a Very Highly Commended or Highly Commended status. 

The Diocese of St Asaph is part of the Church in Wales, an autonomous Province within the worldwide Anglican Communion of Churches. The diocese is a community of 210 churches and 50 Church in Wales schools covering the counties of Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham and parts of Gwynedd and Powys.