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.

Newsletter of Birmingham ACTA

Written by: Alex Walker

   

Download - Birmingham Newsletter 19th August 2019

Welcome - All the ACTA Steering Team send greetings to all our members and supporters. Please forward this to friends and family. If you have items for inclusion in the next newsletter in a few months please email Jean at mjriordan@hotmail.co.uk.                                                                                

2019 ACTA National Conference which will be in Manchester on 12th October. The title is  Imagining the Church of the future, led by the inspiring international teacher, author and spiritual leader, Diarmuid O’Murchu. 

It’s on Saturday 12 October 2019 at King’s House Conference Centre, King's Church 

Sidney Street, Manchester  M1 7HB    Registration will be 10.30 for 11.00 start. Finish 4.00pm. Tea and coffee provided. As the venue is expensive we can’t include food this year so please bring a packed lunch. The cost is £20. As usual, all under 25’s can attend free.  To book please go to www.acalltoaction.org.uk

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22nd Sunday of the Year C

Written by: Alex Walker

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Twenty-Second  Sunday in Ordinary  Time

Year C 

Year of Luke

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Holy Spirit

Twenty-First Sunday of the Year C

Written by: Alex Walker

ACTA  LECTIONARY COMMENTARY

 

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C 

Year of Luke

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The Church of Rock

Written by: Alex Walker

 

 

A Well-earned rest !

Written by: Jean Riordan
Our Scripture scholar, Prof. Dr Joseph O'Hanlon is having a well-earned rest this August, just for weeks 19 and 20, resuming his commentaries on the 21st Sunday. This is an opportune moment to express our deep appreciation of the blessing we are given, when one of our priest members not only works for ACTA on the National Leadership Team but also gives us this amazing gift - sharing his insights into the scriptures that he's amassed from decades of world-class scholarship that began at the Biblicum in Rome in the '60's. Joseph had been in ACTA for years in Kent, where he was the Director of the International Franciscan Study Centre . He phoned me before the  National conference in Birmingham to say how sorry he was to miss the conference. Following our conversation I read all his books - my special favourites are The Jesus who was The Jesus who is. and Mark my Words - and I was hugely impressed. I approached Joseph to see if he'd consider writing a few essays on scripture for the ACTA website, with no idea that he would extend the task with such energy and on such a scale - it's the full 3 year cycle he's aiming at. All of us in ACTA owe Joseph a huge debt of gratitude for his profound contribution to our spiritual life. Thank you, Joseph! 
Jean Riordan.
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