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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.

Pope to Lay People: Parishes Need You

Written by: Alex Walker
Published: 05 May 2014

Pope Francis has stressed the role of lay people in evangelisation in an address to Catholic Action Italy, the
country’s largest association of lay faithful.

Read more: Pope to Lay People: Parishes Need You

Lifting of restrictions on Irish priest welcomed

Written by: Alex Walker
Published: 29 April 2014

The Association of Catholic Priests has welcomed the lifting of restrictions on an Irish Marist priest who had been ordered to stop writing and commenting in public.

Listen to an interview here >>> go 3/4 of the way in...

Pope Francis 'tells sinner she should be allowed Communion'

Written by: Nick Squires, The Telegraph
Published: 24 April 2014

In apparent break from Catholic teaching, Pope is said to have phoned remarried
Argentine Jacqui Lisbona to say 'nothing wrong' in her taking Holy Communion
The reportedly told the woman 'A divorcee who takes communion is not doing anything wrong' 

Read more: Pope Francis 'tells sinner she should be allowed Communion'

Media Coverage

Written by: Alex Walker
Published: 18 April 2014

Jean Riordan on Radio Wales (NEW)

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 Robert Piggott's piece was on both the 6pm and 12 midnight news 18/04/2014

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040h2pm     Go to   23:18
 

Fr Boyle and Alex Walker on the Synod Questionnaire disclosure 17/04/2014
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03zr3q8   Go to 1:53


BBC Radio Merseyside 17/04/14  19 minutes and 36 seconds from start

Today Programme  Robert Pigott programme at 0:44 minutes in

Jean Riordan with Msg Stock Today programme 1hour 51minutes into the programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040llv8

  • Catholic poll 'needs transparency'

    "Dialogue and transparency" is needed over the Catholic Church's consultation of sexuality and family life, the Catholic group A Call to Action has said. Jean Riordan, chair of the group's national leaders team, told the Today programme that Church teaching "should be formed by consulting".

 


Jean Riordan on radio five at 8.40ish.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040h366

Towards Reform for Mission

Written by: Paul Pannicia
Published: 16 April 2014

We have posted the third article in our 2014 series "Reflections", titledTowards Reform for Mission. The article posits that Pope Francis’s initiatives are tentative steps towards reform in order that the Church may be more credible to undertake its mission. The Pope's elected lifestyle makes him an authentic witness and evangelist. His exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, extends magisterial teaching on mission and evangelisation, in a line from Vatican II’s Ad Gentes, giving hope for a revitalised Church much as the Easter mystery gives hope for new transformed life.

  1. A married priesthood would right many wrongs
  2. Study indicates wide rejection of new translations by US clergy
  3. The Pope's Revolution
  4. Argentina: Presidential godmother for gay couple's baby

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