Design Our Parish Christmas Cards!
This Christmas, St Joseph & St Alban Parish is inviting children and young people to design our 2026 parish Christmas cards.
The winning designs will be professionally printed and sold to raise funds towards the care and maintenance of St Alban’s Catholic Church, Liscard, as we prepare to celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2027.
Closing date: 31 October 2026
Choose your theme
⛪ Christmas in Our Parish
St Alban’s, Liscard & St Joseph’s, Seacombe
What does Christmas in our parish mean to you? Be inspired by our churches, their windows and buildings, the Christmas crib, candles, stars, people gathering for Mass — or your own idea of Christmas in our parish.
⭐ The First Christmas
The story of the birth of Jesus
Be inspired by Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus, Bethlehem, the stable, angels, shepherds, the Wise Men, animals, the Star of Bethlehem — or another part of the Christmas story.
🌿 St Francis & God’s Creation
Living Water • Creation • Peace • Hope
2026 is a special Year of St Francis and this year’s Season of Creation theme is Living Water. Be inspired by St Francis, rivers and the sea, animals, birds, trees and flowers, peace, the Christmas crib, or the wonderful world God has created.
Competition rules & how to enter
🎨 Artwork rules
- Create the picture yourself.
- Use bright colours – coloured pencils, crayons, felt pens or paint reproduce best.
- Keep important parts of the picture inside the border on the official entry sheet.
- No loose glitter, sequins or raised/3D decorations.
- Do not copy cartoon characters, logos or someone else’s artwork.
- Do not use AI-generated or traced images.
- Do not write your name or any words such as “Happy Christmas” on the artwork. We will add any wording needed when the winning designs are prepared for printing.
Judging: The child’s age will be taken into account when judging. If we receive enough entries, age groups may also be used.
📮 How to enter
Closing date: 31 October 2026
Please return the whole completed entry sheet to:
- St Alban’s Catholic Church, Liscard
- St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Seacombe
- either parish primary school
- the Presbytery on Mill Lane
- Messy Church on 18 October 2026
👨👩👧 Parents & guardians
The official entry sheet includes the child’s details and parent/guardian permission for the parish to reproduce the artwork. Permission to publish a winning child’s first name and age is optional and will not affect judging.
Any photographs of children will require separate permission.
Questions? Email stalbanandstjoseph@yahoo.co.uk
Download the Christ Card Competition Entry Form here:
Need some inspiration?
Not sure where to start? We’ve gathered some pictures and ideas to help you. Take a look at our two churches, the Christmas story, St Francis and the beauty of God’s creation. These are here to inspire you — your finished card should be your own original design.
Our Churches
Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Joseph, Seacombe
St Alban’s Catholic Church, Liscard
The First Christmas
St Francis
Living Water & God’s Creation
🌿 Season of Creation 2026
This year we will be guided by the vision of the prophet Ezekiel (47:1–12): a river flowing from the temple of God, which grows without stopping and brings life where everything seems barren.
Water heals, restores, and makes creation flourish. But it also challenges us: to recognize ecological damage, to embrace our interconnectedness, and to immerse ourselves in the responsibility of caring for and restoring our Common Home.
🌍May this Season of Creation be a path for the healing of the Earth and human well-being to flourish together.