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

The Epiphany of the Lord

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

 ACTA COMMENTARY

LECTIONARY

THE SEASON OF CHRISTMASTIDE

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
THE TWELFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS

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Feast of the Holy Family Yr C

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

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ACTA COMMENTARY

LECTIONARY

THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

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Ecclesial Ethics –ACTA is looking for participants in a working group.

Written by: Alex Walker

An exciting opportunity has arisen following our recent National Conference. Dr Anna Abram, the Principal of the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge, spoke to that gathering about Ecclesial Ethics. Her talk gave rise to a lot of interest, with the result that she has invited us to create a working group on the subject. She is prepared to help with an initial meeting, symposium or brain-storming day session at her institute. She suggests a diverse group of representatives of professions who are familiar with professional ethics, theologians, Church leaders, representatives of the Bishops' Conference etc. 

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ESV Bible

ESV Bible

Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon

In view of the recent disclosure that the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible has been chosen for a new Lectionary, with emendations that make it the English Standard Bible - Catholic Edition, I think it might be of interest, not to say necessary, that all of us are aware of the principles of translation that guided the committee who prepared this translation.

I have used this translation for at least ten years, not, of course, exclusively, but with increasing respect the more I used it.  It is, in my view, the best available. No translation is perfect, of even nearly perfect. But given the constraints placed upon translators by the demands of current social expectations, it is the most suitable to the purposes that it must serve.  A translation must suitable for public reading, for intelligent preaching, for study, and, above all, for prayerful reflection I think the ESV will serve these purposes better than others.

Joseph O’Hanlon      Download >>> ESV Preface    Read the ESV online here >>> https://www.biblestudytools.com/esv/  and here https://www.esv.org/

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RC Bishop appoints lay woman to lead parish

Written by: Alex Walker
A Roman Catholic bishop in Connecticut, USA, has appointed a laywoman to lead a parish - an unprecedented move in a church dominated by male-only clergy: 
 
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