It is not that the Gospel has changed: it is that we have begun to understand it better. Those who have lived as long as I have were faced with new tasks in the social order at the start of the century; those who, like me, were twenty years in the East and eight in France, were enabled to compare different cultures and traditions, and know that the moment has come to discern the signs of the times, to seize the opportunity and to look far ahead.

Blessed John XXIII

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American Catholic Council is a movement bringing together a network of individuals, organizations, and communities to consider the state and future of our Church. We believe our Church is at a turning point in its history. We recall the promise of the Second Vatican Council for a renaissance of the roles and responsibilities of all the Baptized through a radically inclusive and engaged relationship between the Church and the World.  We respond to the Spirit of Vatican II by summoning the Baptized together to demonstrate our re-commitment. We seek personal conversion to renew our Church to conform to the authentic Gospel message, the teachings of our Church, and our lived context in the United States. Our reading of the “signs of the times”, as we experience them in the US, our plan and our agenda are set out in our Declaration.  We educate; we listen; we facilitate discussions and encounters; and, we build toward an American Catholic Council at Pentecost 2011.  At this Council we hope to proclaim our belief in the Rights and Responsibilities of US Catholics.

Ways To Communicate With Us:

  1. Sign up for our monthly E-newsletter by clicking the link on lower right called Join Our Email List.
  2. Consider joining the Assemblies Community Network (ACN). It’a ACC’s online interactive “nerve center” of grassroots communications among U.S. Catholics who are  interested in planning local/regional “listening sessions” leading the way to the first ACC National Council in Detroit in June, 2011. To learn more, click the large button on upper right.
  3. Within the Assemblies Community Network, you can also join private online “local planning groups” (discussion boards) that are restricted to ACN “members” from one’s particular community, city or region.

Not Getting the Monthly ACC E-newsletter??? Our Newsletter has published monthly since April, 2010.  If you signed up for it but aren’t getting it,  it may mean your email provider treats it as SPAM. To solve the problem, add the following email address to your contacts: acc_contact@americancatholiccouncil.org. To view archived issues, click “Past Newsletters” on the right.

Missing Email from the Assemblies Community Network (ACN)? We sometimes send “email blasts” to MEMBERS of the Network (see link in upper right). If you signed up for membership,  you can be sure you get those occasional emails and avoid them being diverted to SPAM by adding the following address to your contacts:

Detroit Program Plan: The program is still in development, but you can capture some of the “Big Picture” by clicking the link on right called “PAST NEWSLETTERS” and scrolling down, especially to the June and May issues (2010). Thank You!!

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