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.

Holy Spirit

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

 

ACTA COMMENTARY LECTIONARY

 

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Year of Luke

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Fr Donal O'Leary
Donal O’Leary: d. 21 January 2019

The Journey Man

Written by: Chris McDonnell

http://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/news/2583

The Journey Man
“I have arrived
I’m here
The destination is every step”
Thich Nath Hanh


You
journey-man, road-travelling companion
whose written word, crafted with care
woke so many mornings with a smile
whose faith was voiced with courage
lived from the humour of an Irish soul,
your destination firm-folded
within each stuttering step.
                            Walk on.

Your dancing eyes and joy-filled laughter
remain beyond the pain of immediate loss.
We gather the gifts you gave us
wrapped in language, lived through example
touched with tenderness and the compassion
of an open heart.

Gifts now ours to carry and to share,
each on our own Emmaus road,
this way we say goodbye to friends
lost in the drift of countless stars.

The Journey Man

Holy Spirit

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

ACTA COMMENTARY LECTIONARY

 

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Year of Luke

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Radio 4 - In Our Time - Papal Infallibility

Written by: Tom O'Loughlin

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Papal Infallibility

In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea that Popes cannot err when defining a doctrine, in office, proclaimed at the First Vatican Council 1869-70

52 minutes

 

Holy Spirit

Baptism of the Lord Yr 2

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

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