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.

Advent leads to light

Written by: Chris McDonnell

A new Liturgical Year begins, with the four weeks that culminate in the feast of Nativity, the days we call Advent.

 

The song of the colder days is sung in words of Waiting 

from one dark day to the next, each one closing a time 

of expectation, till finally Nativity is come. 

  

December dawns, spreading a chill, raw sky of washed out 

greens and faded blues, sunrise breaking the nothingness 

of night, early light beyond the immediate houses. 

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First Sunday of Advent Year A

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

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First Sunday of Advent

Year A 

Year of Matthew

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Holy Spirit

Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year C

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

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Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C 

Year of Luke

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Holy Spirit

Christ The King Yr C

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, UNIVERSAL KING

 

Last Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C 

Year of Luke

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Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

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Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C 

Year of Luke

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