MISSION statement: Revised 2026

We are a group of Catholics, some of whom are ordained, brought together by our love of Christ’s Church and a desire to be part of the synodal renewal it needs.
 
Inspired by the legacy of the Second Vatican Council, and the call to Synodality for the Church of the third millennium, we want to contribute fully to the life of our Church so that it may be a more effective and inclusive sign of the Kingdom of God.
 
To enable this, we wish to promote listening, dialogue and receptivity within the Church, and with all people of good will, open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
 
Accordingly, we aim to facilitate opportunities to share experiences, practices and insights to discern our hopes and aims for the Church in the world today.

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.

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2019 Conference Manchester ( 7 Documents )

Being a citizen in the Church
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This article forms the basis of an address at the 2nd ACTA National Conference 2013 and is published in the December issue of The Furrow, and appears with the kind permission of the editor.

Prof. John Sullivan, Professor of Christian Education, Liverpool Hope University

Hope Park Campus
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Salford Area General newsletter and news of new Bishop.

Southwark's Evangelisation Conference
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Archbishop Peter Smith ran a day's conference on Evangelisation, based on the teaching of Evangelii Gaudium, during the last week in May 2014.  Valerie Stroud has prepared a report on the day and everyone in ACTA might be interested to see this.

3rd National Conference Programme
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Salford Area General newsletter and news of new Bishop.

Where do we go from here?
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Gerry J Hughes - 2nd ACTA Conference address

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