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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.

Leadership Team 2026 - 2027

TRUSTEES
Simon Napper - Chair (Co-opted)
Frank Callus - 
Andrew Hornsby-Smith - Minutes Secretary
Maidi Brown - Treasurer
Joseph O'Hanlon - Theology Adviser
Jo Fenton - Legal Adviser
Jordan Pullicino
Alex Walker - Web Manager; Membership Sec., Data Controller
 
NON-TRUSTEES
David Blower
Tony Cronshaw
Bro. Ray Lyons

Diocesan Coordinators

 

Coordinators 2021

James Taylor

You’ve got a friend

Written by: Chris McDonnell
Published: 26 May 2021

Download: MAY 28 Youve got a friend
Chris McDonnell CT May 28th 2021.

In a song made famous by the singer James Taylor, Carole King wrote of friendship. The opening verse says it all

When you're down and troubled
And you need some lovin' care
And nothin', nothin' is goin' right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know, wherever I am
I'll come runnin'
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend

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Bob Dylan

Dylan at 80 - 24 May 1941

Written by: Chris McDonnell
Published: 23 May 2021

Dylan at 80
24 May 1941

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The Synodal Process 2021-23

Written by: Alex Walker
Published: 21 May 2021

Hans Küng

Prophecy in our time

Written by: Chris McDonnell
Published: 21 May 2021

Download: MAY 21 Prophecy in our time
Chris McDonnell CT May 21. 2021.

 

To continue after a brief interruption…

My absence from this column happened to coincide with the passing of the theologian Hans Kung who died in early April at the age of 93. Many column inches were written on his extraordinary life for he was indeed an extraordinary man.

Critical of the Church he loved, he remained loyal through many tribulations, a priest in good standing in spite of his harsh treatment by those in authority. He just continued to ask questions that promoted thought and reflection. In consequence his licence to teach theology at a Catholic University was withdrawn by John Paul II in 1979. It would have been an act of generosity had that been restored in recent years in recognition of his significant contribution to the theology of our time. Some 17 years earlier John XXIII had named him a peritus, an expert advisor at the start of the Vatican Council. That visionary Bishop of Rome recognized in Kung those qualities that undoubtedly foreshadowed the prophetic nature of the man that we came to know through his teaching and extensive written publications in subsequent years.

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The New Lectionary – with Liz Dodd

Written by: Alex Walker
Published: 13 May 2021

The Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchure Community is delighted to welcome

Liz Dodd

Home News Editor of The Tablet

 at 6 – 7pm, on Monday 17th May 2021

 to guide us through the

 New Lectionary

Register Here: https://canonesses.co.uk/event/new-lectionary/

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