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.

Pastoral Documents

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Feedback on A Call to Holiness final
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On the Way to Life
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The landscape of contemporary culture is ever-changing. In response to this, the Department
for Education and Formation of the Bishops’ Conference commissioned Fr. James Hanvey, SJ
and his colleagues at Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life to write a critical
analysis of that culture. In particular the reasearch was to focus on those features in
contemporary culture which may have a bearing on the context of Catholic religious education
and catechesis - + Vincent Nichols 2005

A new Diocesan Pastoral Council Document 27 6 14
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