ACTA Logo

Latest News

Latest Documents

Synod Take Outs Final Document
Synod Synodality Final Document
SLN Lent Journey 2025 Poster
FINAL Synod Document 2024
Executive Summary of the Final Document of the Synod
November 2024 Towards a New Way of Being the Church

MISSION statement:

We are a group of Catholics, some of whom are ordained, brought together by our love of Christ's Church and our anxiety about its future. Still inspired by the Second Vatican Council, we want to contribute fully to the life of our Church so that we may be a more effective sign of the Kingdom of God. To do this, we believe that an atmosphere of openness and dialogue both with each other and with our church leadership needs developing. Accordingly, we aim to supply channels of free and frank communication. We desire to help create a climate of trust and respect for all where this dialogue may be fostered.

THEOLOGY statement:

ACTA is a movement built from below by clergy and laity alike in every diocese in England and Wales. It exists to give those people an effective voice. It is an instrument to establish and promote space for a trusting dialogue within a hierarchically structured people’s Church.
 
ACTA believes that the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are the only way forward for mission to modern society. It is not a small chapel of selected followers; it believes in the Church as a “big tent”, with open doors. As a free and representative association of believers, it seeks to liberate the expertise in the ranks, so as to bring added energy and witness to the Church in the world.

Leadership Team 2023 - 2024

TRUSTEES
Frank Callus - Chair
Andrew Hornsby-Smith - Minutes Secretary
Maidi Brown - Treasurer
Joseph O'Hanlon - Theology Adviser
Jo Fenton - Legal Adviser
Jordan Pullicino
Alex Walker - Web Manager; Membership Sec., Data Controller
 
NON-TRUSTEES
David Blower
 

Diocesan Coordinators

Pray for a new Pope!

Written by: Alex Walker

United in prayer

As the Cardinal electors cast their votes in the Sistine Chapel, Cardinal Re urged everyone to pray that the Holy Spirit, "who in the last hundred years has given us a series of truly holy and great Pontiffs, will give us a new Pope according to God’s heart for the good of the Church and of humanity."

 

“May we pray for "a Pope who knows how best to awaken the consciences of all and awaken the moral and spiritual energies in today’s society" that "tends to forget God."”

 

The Cardinal remarked how the world expects much from the Church in safeguarding the "fundamental human and spiritual values" that human coexistence and future generations depend upon.

 

“May the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, intercede with her maternal intercession, so that the Holy Spirit will enlighten the minds of the Cardinal electors and help them agree on the Pope that our time needs.”

SLN: Lenten Journey of Hope

Written by: Alex Walker

Please click on this link if you would like to take part in this Lenten Journey: SLN ~ Lent Journey 2025 ~ Pilgrims of Hope ~ Walking Together in this Troubled World.

Download the Poster: SLN Lent Journey 2025 Poster

Inter Faith Dialogue with Cardinal Fitzgerald

Written by: Alex Walker

Part 1

Part 2 

School for Synodality

Written by: Alex Walker

School for Synodality

A Happy & Holy Christmas

Written by: Alex Walker

To you and your families. May 2025 give us the peace that only Christ can bring!

Page 1 of 22

DONATE to ACTA

ACTA 2025
£0.00 Raised: £0.00 Goal:
£

Upcoming Events

There are no up-coming events

Online / In Person Events (Login to Add New Events)

Scottish Laity Network Events

Show Full Calendar

Roman Missal 1998 (Approved Not Recognised)