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.

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The Openhanded Missionary
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 Created Date: 17-01-2018

Maurice Billingsley - E Kent ACTA

A Prophetic Voice - Hans Kung
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 Created Date: 17-01-2018

This week sees the English publication of Hans Kung’s book “Can we save the Catholic Church? Now in his mid-eighties, a prophetic voice in the Church during and since the Vatican Council, Kung continues his critical analysis of the Church he has been faithful to all his life.

Of Missals, Old, New and Airbrushed
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 Created Date: 17-01-2018

Or What Have They Done To The Missal? - An article written for the Parish Magazine - Fr Chris Walsh - May 2012

Will Pope Francis Give Power to the People?
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 Created Date: 24-05-2014

Article in The Times Saturday 24/05/2014 by Mark Greaves

Is every Translation a Vernacular Translation?
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 Created Date: 17-01-2018

Article by Prof Tom O'Loughlin from Blackfriars journal, published here by kind permission of the author.

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