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title: "Celebration of the Word"
url: "https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/collective-worship-new/celebration-of-the-word"
school: "St Michael’s Catholic Academy"
---

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# Celebration of the Word

Prayer and liturgy in St. Michael’s Catholic Academy aim to provide opportunities for all students and staff:

- To contemplate the mystery of God
- To reflect on spiritual and moral issues
- To explore personal beliefs
- To respond to and to celebrate life
- To experience a sense of belonging and to develop community spirit
- To develop a common ethos and shared values
- To enrich religious experience
- To grow in liturgical understanding and development
- To pray using prayers which are part of the Catholic tradition
- To reinforce positive attitudes
- To participate fully
- To take time out ‘to wonder at’, ‘to come to terms with’ and ‘to give worth to.’

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### Catholic Life

- [Our Faith](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/our-faith/mission-statement)
- [Catholic Life and Mission](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/catholic-life-and-mission/virtues-and-catholic-social-teaching)
- [Collective Worship](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/collective-worship-new/prayer-and-liturgy-policy)
    - [Prayer and Liturgy Policy](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/collective-worship-new/prayer-and-liturgy-policy)
    - [Prayer Life and Routines](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/collective-worship-new/prayer-life-and-routines)
    - [School Mass](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/collective-worship-new/school-mass)
    - [Prayer Spaces](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/collective-worship-new/prayer-spaces)
    - [Celebration of the Word](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/collective-worship-new/celebration-of-the-word)
    - [Developing Spiritual Literacy and Understanding](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/collective-worship-new/developing-spiritual-literacy-and-understanding)
    - [Staff CPD](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/collective-worship-new/staff-cpd)
- [Religious Education](https://stmichaels.bhcet.org.uk/catholic-life/religious-education)

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### St Michael’s Catholic Academy

 Beamish Road
Billingham
Stockton-On-Tees
TS23 3DX

 (01642) 870003
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