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.

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

THE GOD WHO SPEAKS ...

ACTA
LECTIONARY COMMENTARY
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
YEAR OF MATTHEW

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Bishops are free to publish their ad limina reports

Written by: Alex Walker

Bishops are free to publish their ad limina reports; but they prefer to keep them secret.

Three years ago the Association of Catholic Priests, the Association of Catholics in Ireland and We Are Church Ireland, wrote a joint letter to all the Irish bishops requesting them to make public their quinquennial reports to the Vatican. These reports are sent to the Vatican a few months before diocesan bishops go to Rome for their meetings with the pope every five years (ad limina visits). They provide a detailed state of affairs of each diocese, according to a template supplied by the Vatican. This request was made jointly by the three groups to increase transparency and a greater involvement of all the People of God in every aspect of the church.

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Holy Spirit

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ss Peter & Paul)

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

THE GOD WHO SPEAKS ...
ACTA
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13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
YEAR OF MATTHEW

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Holy Spirit

CORPUS CHRISTI YR A Matthee

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

THE GOD WHO SPEAKS ...

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CORPUS CHRISTI

YEAR OF MATTHEW

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Holy Spirit

Meditation for Corpus Christi

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

THE GOD WHO SPEAKS ...
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CORPUS CHRISTI 
YEAR OF MATTHEW

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