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.

Holy Spirit

First Sunday of Lent Yr A Matthew

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

THE GOD WHO SPEAKS ...
ACTA
LECTIONARY COMMENTARY
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
YEAR A
YEAR OF MATTHEW

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Holy Spirit

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

THE GOD WHO SPEAKS …

ACTA 

LECTIONARY COMMENTARY

SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Year A 

Year of Matthew

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Holy Spirit

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

 THE GOD WHO SPEAKS …

ACTA 

LECTIONARY COMMENTARY

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Year A 

Year of Matthew

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Holy Spirit

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

THE GOD WHO SPEAKS …

 

ACTA 

LECTIONARY COMMENTARY

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Year A 

Year of Matthew

In order to keep the formatting of these commentaries, from now on we will be offering them as a pdf download only.

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Holy Spirit

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

                            THE GOD WHO SPEAKS …

 

ACTA COMMENTARY

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year A

Year of Matthew

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READINGS

Read more: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew

  1. Thank you to Andrew Hornsby-Smith
  2. Eating Together, Becoming One
  3. Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A
  4. Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

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