My Catholic Family: St. Maximilian Kolbe: Evangelization and Martyrdom (Feast Day: August 15)

Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe

Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe

St. Maximilian Kolbe: A Story of Courage

Tribute to St Maximilian Kolbe

SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr 1894 – 1941 August 14—Memorial Liturgical Color: Red Patron Saint of prisoners, drug addicts, journalists, and the pro-life movement Prisoner 16670 was tough, immersed in God, and ready when the moment came Saints are made, not born. Even more so martyrs. Maximilian Kolbe was so impressive a man that he may have been canonized even if that oh-so-brief, oh-so-intense, my-life-for-his exchange in the grim prison yard of Auschwitz had

St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us! Born Raymund Kolbe in 1894, he had a vision of the Virgin Mary at age 12. He joined the Franciscans in 1907 and was ordained a priest in 1918. Fr. Kolbe was arrested by the Gestapo in February 1941, tortured, and eventually sent to Auschwitz. Fr. Kolbe offered to die in another man's place on August 14, 1941. He was canonized in 1982. Franciszek Gajowniczek, the man whose life was spared by Fr. Kolbe, was present at both his beatification and canonization cerem