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We are a group of Catholics, some of whom are ordained, brought together by our love of Christ's Church and our anxiety about its future. Still inspired by the Second Vatican Council, we want to contribute fully to the life of our Church so that we may be a more effective sign of the Kingdom of God. To do this, we believe that an atmosphere of openness and dialogue both with each other and with our church leadership needs developing. Accordingly, we aim to supply channels of free and frank communication. We desire to help create a climate of trust and respect for all where this dialogue may be fostered.

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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.

: Written by: Alex Walker; Published: 15 September 2013

Listen to Dr Michael Winter and Alex Walker on the issue of compulsory celibacy in the Catholic Church. Go to 1 Hr 46 minutes on the slider. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01frr22

: Written by: Alex Walker; Published: 06 September 2013

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September 4, 2013. (Romereports.com) Pope Francis strongly reaffirmed his calls for peace. During the first general audience after his summer vacation, he invited the world to take part in a day of fasting and prayer for peace, including a prayer vigil he will lead at St. Peter's Square on Saturday, September 7.

Read more: Pope Francis invites world to take part in day of fasting and prayer for peace

: Written by: Michael Maginn; Published: 19 August 2013

Prevenient grace: a reflection on the new missal By Michael Maginn Reproduced from The Furrow by kind permission of the author and the Editor of the Furrow (July edition) I have done my best. I have given the revised Roman Missal a fair wind. I have used it faithfully since its introduction, tried hard to become comfortable with it, struggled earnestly to like it, even hoped that I might eventually come to love it. But to little avail. Words matter. Some of the ponderous, heavily Latinised translations which we received in Advent 2011, are truly dreadful in their syntax and choice of vocabulary. No amount of positive goodwill can change this unavoidable conclusion. In spite of this, I continue to celebrate Eucharist with genuine joy. Increasingly however, I find myself devising a range of liturgical survival strategies in order to circumvent those revised texts which are too wordily unwieldy, difficult, and in some instances impossible to use.

Read more: Prevenient Grace - a reflection on the new missal.

: Published: 23 August 2013

NEWS update - ACTA - August 2013

A Call to Action – A Time for Dialogue

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: Written by: Alex Walker; Published: 01 July 2013

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