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

Twenty Ninth Sunday of the Year C

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

ACTA  LECTIONARY COMMENTARY

 

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C 

Year of Luke

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BBC World Service: Husbands and Priests

Written by: Alex Walker
Jan & Alex Walker have contrbuted to this half hour radio programme, in the light of the upcoming Amazonian Synod.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszp7x
 
Husbands and Priests - Could the Catholic Church soon allow married men to become priests?

Broadcast Dates and Times:

Friday 4th October, 13:32

Sunday 6th October, 09:32 and 23:32

Bishop backs parishioners who want women priests

Written by: Noel Baker
Monday, September 23, 2019 - 06:25 AM  Irish Examiner
 

A bishop has given his support for a specially devised delegation process for the ordination of women priests.

Killala diocese, made up of 22 mainly rural parishes in north Mayo and west Sligo, undertook the process with the blessing of Bishop John Fleming as part of its efforts to arrest the decline of the church in the area after an analysis of priest numbers indicated that, by 2037, the 22 parishes of the diocese would be served by five or six priests.

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Holy Spirit

Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year C

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

ACTA  

 

LECTIONARY COMMENTARY

 

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C 

Year of Luke

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Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year C

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

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ACTA  

LECTIONARY COMMENTARY

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C 

Year of Luke


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