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.

THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD YR A MATTHEW

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

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ACTA LECTIONARY COMMENTARY

 

THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD

YEAR A 

YEAR OF MATTHEW


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The Epiphany of the Lord

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

 

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THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

Year A 

Year of Matthew

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Beads of Prayer

Written by: Chris McDonnell

Beads of prayer
Chris McDonnell CT December 20 2019

Prayer is never easy. Thomas Merton, whose 51st anniversary we marked on December 10th, wrote that “Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer has become impossible and hearts have turned to stone”. There is a struggle implicit in those words, a struggle that each one of us experiences as we seek to pray. In an Advent journal entry for December 5th 1964, he writes of his early days in the hermitage. “In the hermitage, one must pray or go to seed. The pretence of prayer will not suffice. Just sitting will not suffice. It has to be real. Yet, what can one do? Solitude puts you with your back to the wall, or your face to it, and this is good. So you pray to learn how to pray!”

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Holy Spirit

The Holy Family Yr A

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

ACTA LECTIONARY COMMENTARY

THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH

Year A 

Year of Matthew

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Nativity Scene

"A nativity scene without Jews, Arabs, Africans or refugees."

Written by: Alex Walker
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  2. Fourth Sunday of Advent Yr A
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