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.

Nun goes Viral !!!

Written by: David Willey

An Italian nun has become an internet sensation after footage of her appearing on the Italian version of TV talent content The Voice went viral. Nearly 40 million people have watched a video posted on the show's YouTube channel, which shows Sister Cristina Scuccia strutting her stuff as she sung an Alicia Keys ballad.

Francis Starts Festival of Forgiveness by Going to Confession

Written by: admin

Pope Francis chose to first receive the sacrament of reconciliation before himself beginning to hear confessions during the Festival of Forgiveness, the 24 Hours for the Lord, that he is leading from Rome for the Church worldwide.  

The 24 Hours initiative began this afternoon in Rome and will end Saturday. 

Dioceses across the globe have responded to the Pope's call to host their own 24 Hours, having priests available for confession around the clock.

Francis apparently surprised the master of ceremonies during the opening ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica, as the Holy Father first moved to make his own confession before entering the confession booth indicated him.

The 24 Hours for the Lord initiative is being sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization. Officials from the council told ZENIT both that the initiative has received "enormous support" around the world, and also that it is hoped it will become aLenten tradition.

 

Bishop of Portsmouth meets ACTA

Written by: Madeleine Teahan

By on Thursday, 6 March 2014

Bishop Egan (Mazur)

Bishop Egan (Mazur)

The Bishop of Portsmouth has met members of a group that campaigns for change in the Church.

Following his meeting with A Call To Action, Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth said: “I was pleased to meet with core-group of ACTA in the Portsmouth Diocese and to hear their concerns. I was able to explain to them the guiding principles behind our diocesan reorganisation and to affirm that all we do is geared to an evangelisation new in its ardour, methods and expressions, whose purpose is to make disciples of the Lord, in His Body the Church.

“I was also able to share with them my commitment to ensuring the full participation of the lay faithful in this apostolic task, not least through a revived Diocesan Pastoral Council focussed on the New Evangelisation.”

A Call To Action was formed following a letter in the Tablet in June 2012 from seven priests who suggested bishops were not listening to people who live lives “so often at odds with the institutional teaching of the Church.”

Pope Francis led by a child

Written by: admin

Pope Francis led by a child

The German Bishops' Conference Survey

Written by: ACTA

Here are the German Bishops' Survey results to the recent Synod Questionnaire. Not only have they translated nto English but also Italian. We call on the Bishops' Conferences of England & Wales and Scotland to do the same.

icon The German Bishops Conference Synod Survey Findings (100.79 kB)

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