Our Prayer Bears

During Lent this year, pupils and staff at St Charles’ VC Academy in Hull wanted to focus even more on prayer as a time to grow ever closer to God.

One way that they have chosen to support prayer at home was through the acquisition of the four ‘Prayer Bears’: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Canon Stephen Maughan very kindly took six of the school’s Mini Vinnies ambassadors to the city centre to create the bears knowing they would be even more special if they had been chosen and formed by the school’s children.

Each of the bears has been filled with love and blessings, which the pupils then take on into each home that they visit. Class prayer diaries have included some beautiful responses which show just how special prayer time is when you have an STC Prayer Bear to share it with.

In fact, the bears have been such a popular tool for family prayer that the parish church of St Charles’ now also has one additional bear called ‘Charlie’ who works with the Children’s Liturgy group in the parish on a weekend.