- Written by: Pope Francis
"The Church must be a place of mercy freely given, where everyone can feel welcomed, loved, forgiven and encouraged to live the good life of the Gospel."
This is a must read for everyone:
EVANGELII GAUDIUM (528.53 kB) (Yellow highlighted for reflection)
EVANGELII GAUDIUM (Official Text) (1.05 MB)
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- Written by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
What then? Shall we sit idly down and say
The night hath come; it is no longer day?
The night hath not yet come; we are not quite
Cut off from labour by the failing light;
Something remains for us to do or dare;
Even the oldest tree some fruit may bear;
Not Oedipus Coloneus, or Greek Ode,
Or tales of pilgrims that one morning rode
Out of the gateway of the Tabard Inn,
But other something, would we but begin;
For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
- Written by: Jean Riordan
A very Happy New Year to everyone – to all our supporters, members and friends, to our Diocesan Co-ordinators and Delegates and to friends on the ACTA Leadership Team. I hope you have all enjoyed a peaceful and joyful time over the Christmas break and are happily getting back in harness, feeling refreshed.
There is an exciting campaign going on about the Mass translation imposed on us all two years ago. In the Tablet for January 9th 2014 you can see the editorial “A Translation with Proven Flaws” and under Home News you can read Sarah MacDonald and Christopher Lamb’s article “Review of Missal Translation promised as disquiet grows”.
ACTA is involved in this initiative. Chris Lamb quotes from a letter sent by ACTA to the Conference of Catholic Bishops of England and Wales in mid-December. Here is the whole text of our letter- written by myself and edited by members of the NDC media sub-committee and sent on behalf of the ACTA Leadership Team. Archbishop Vincent sent us a kindly (if non-committal) reply on Christmas Eve.
- Written by: Liam Hayes
I would like to express my sincere thanks for all the help and support offered to me earlier this year in the promotion and distribution of my PhD research questionnaire.
The response rate has been very positive indeed. I have started my analysis of the research data which is providing some very interesting results and considered reflections from across the catholic community - indeed many of the extended responses are both moving, inspiring and challenging for us all as church.