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.

Crossing The Threshold

Written by: Alex Walker

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Married Episcopal priests joining the Catholic Church

Written by: Lauren Green

Lauren Green Reports from New York for Fox News - 28/09/2012

SWISS BENEDICTINE ABBOT SPEAKS OF CHURCH REFORM

Written by: Alex Walker

Posted by Anthony Ruff, OSB in Church Reform | 3 Comments

The Benedictine abbot of Einsiedeln in Switzerland, Abbot Martin Werlen, penned a brochure which has caused a bit of uproar: “Discover Together the Embers under the Ashes.” The abbot of Einsiedeln is a member of the Swiss Catholic bishops’ conference.

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Words fail us: Parishioners respond to the new Missal a year later

Written by: Meghan Murphy-Gill
Reporting straight from the pews after a year of the new translations, U.S. Catholic readers say they are still stumbling through the prayers.  

Stilted, awkward, unnatural, strange, choppy, clumsy, obtuse. If you read these words in a movie review, would you head for the ticket line or run in the opposite direction? What about wooden, tortured, terrible, ridiculous, inaccessible, or abominable? Are you at least intrigued by what could warrant such description? Would you want to check it out once a week?

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Diocesan Forums

Written by: Alex Walker

Please use the Diocesan Forums for discussion and a way forward. In order to see the Forums and Post you need to first Login. Only registered users will be able to join the Forums. http://www.acalltoaction.org.uk/forum If anyone would like to moderate and encourage the use of the Forums please email me direct alex@acalltoaction.org.uk

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