Some months ago I got a degree in philosophy: I chose as the subject of my thesis a history of the Oxford Movement. I had been living in Ireland for four years, but now I'm resident in Italy, the country i was born in. In this country the history of this movement and the historical development of the Anglican Church are still quite unknown, and there's still lot of confusion and misunderstanding. Preparing my written essay -- the only publication written in Italian in the last 80 years about that topic -- I improved my knowledge about Anglican institutions and creeds, taking advantage of the web, one of the main sources of information to help me out in my work. I still visit your website very often to get links, updated news, etc...

I grew up in a Roman Catholic family, studied in Roman Catholic schools, attended the local Roman Catholic parish, but I felt full of admiration for an institution, the Church of England, that throughout the centuries tried to keep different 'souls' among her flock and showed tolerance and a true effort of ecumenism.

I consider myself closer to the Anglican Church than to the Roman Catholic about several issues and though I attend Mass mainly in my local Roman Catholic parish I often enjoy attending Sunday Eucharist service in the local Anglican Church. And I just bought a Book of Common Prayer. I feel that I still need to improve my knowledge of the Anglican / Episcopalian world and therefore I hope that, in the future, your website will be able to keep up the great effort you've done so far, and it's with true friendship and admiration that extend you all my deepest wishes for a Merry Christmas.

Max
Milan, Italy
13 December 2004