Aug. 14 is the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a saint best known for his heroic martyrdom at Auschwitz in 1941, when he volunteered to be executed in place of another prisoner. Like many ...

Maximilian Kolbe, patron saint of the pro-life movement ... which became Kolbe’s feast day. Kolbe was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1982. Saturday, the day after the 74th anniversary ...

But on this particular feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, we have a fresh reminder of the kind of bravery, humility, and love for God this type of self-sacrifice takes. On July 29, 1941 ...

MARMORA – Bring your beach chair to Mass next week. St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish will hold a Feast Day Celebration in Strathmere in honor of its patron saint on Thursday, Aug. 14. There will be a ...

St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz, is one of the 20th century's most notable saints. But behind his trademark glasses, deep devotion to the ...

The Nazi officials cremated Kolbe’s body on the feast of the ... who flock here every day to express their joy, their trust, and their supplications. I come as Blessed Maximilian Kolbe: Before ...

a holy day of obligation for Catholics. The feast celebrates when the Virgin Mary was taken to heaven. In 1982, Gajowniczek spoke out against the anti semitism accusations against Kolbe.

(OSV News) -- During his 2016 apostolic visit to Poland for World Youth Day, Pope Francis visited ... it was the cell where St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, spent ...

"Ever heard of St. Maximilian ... Kolbe scapular, thanked Russell for his charity of a gift and lunch, and took off to my next assignment. That night at my hotel room in Alamosa, Colorado, after a ...

He voluntarily took the place of a Jewish husband and father. In the Liturgy of the Hours today, this letter from Maximilian Kolbe serves as a warning against indifference. I thought I should ...

So Manzella, like others who have the disease or are affected by it, plans to attend the World AIDS Day Mass at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church, 701 N. Hiatus Road ...

Aug. 14 is the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a saint best known for his heroic martyrdom at Auschwitz in 1941, when he volunteered to be executed in place of another prisoner. Like many ...