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	Maximilian Kolbe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maximilian Kolbe (January 8, 1894–August 14, 1941), also known as Maksymilian or Massimiliano Maria Kolbe and "Apostle of Consecration to Mary," born as Rajmund Kolbe, was a Polish Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in Poland.
		He was canonized by the Catholic Church as Saint Maximilian Kolbe on October 10, 1982 by Pope John Paul II, and declared a martyr of charity.
		Kolbe was born, to a family of German origin, in 1894 in Zduńska Wola, at that time part of Russia, as the second son of Juliusz Kolbe and Marianna Kolbe (née Dąbrowska).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe (808 words)

	St Maximilian Kolbe
		Father Kolbe was thrown into a starvation bunker, where he taught the Catholic faith to the others in the bunker and prayed with them as they died one by one.
		Father Maximilian was a fervent advocate of devotion to the Virgin Mary and a ground-breaking theologian.
		Maximilian Kolbe is considered a patron of journalists, families, prisoners, the pro-life movement and the chemically addicted.
	www.secondexodus.com /html/patronsaints/stmaximiliankolbe.htm (1168 words)

	Biographical Data - St. Max
		Friar Maximilian is ordained a priest by Cardinal Basil Pompilii, in the Church of Sant' Andrea della Valle, Rome.
		Father Maximilian journeys to the Tatra Mountain village of Zakopane for treatment of tuberculosis of the lungs and functions as chaplain for the "Climatic" Hospital.
		Maximilian are confirmed by Pope Paul VI and he is beatified on October 17 in St. Peter Basilica in Rome, by Pope Paul VI.
	www.consecration.com /data.html (1207 words)

	Saints - Maximilian Kolbe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Maximilian Kolbe was born of a poor family in 1894 in Zdunska Wola which is near Lodz, Poland.
		His parents' solid religious foundation led Maximilian to join the Franciscans at the age of 6 and was ordained a priest in Rome in 1919 at the age of 25.
		Maximilian was that last to die, surviving for 14 days, comforting the other nine men during their torture and death.
	www.scborromeo.org /saints/maxkolbe.htm (304 words)

	St. Maximilian Kolbe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Baptized Raymond, Kolbe was the son of poor, devout Polish villagers.
		Maximilian then went to Japan, where he set up another "City"; and a third one was established in India.
		Kolbe, despite his physical frailty, was saddled with the heaviest and most degrading tasks.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id617.htm (640 words)

	Who is St. Maximilian Kolbe?
		Maximilian was born Raymond Kolbe in Poland, January 8, 1894.
		Father Maximilian returned to Poland in 1919 and began spreading his Militia of the Immaculata movement of Marian consecration (whose members are also called MIs), which he founded on October 16, 1917.
		Maximilian started a shortwave radio station and planned to build a motion picture studio--he was a true "apostle of the mass media." He established a City of the Immaculata in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1930, and envisioned missionary centers worldwide.
	www.consecration.com /learn-more5.html (310 words)

	The My Hero Project - Maximilian Kolbe
		Raymond Kolbe was born in Russian-occupied Poland on January 8, 1894 into a Catholic family and remained a devoted follower of Catholicism.
		Francis Gajowniczek, the man for whom Maximilian Kolbe gave his life, survived the war and was present at the 1971 beatification (blessing) ceremony of Father Kolbe.
		Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic Saint known for his great humanity during WWII.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=mkolbe (1243 words)

	Kolbe, The Saint from Auschwitz
		Father Maximilian Kolbe however, stood aside in spite of the ravages of starvation, and frequently there would be none left for him.
		Kolbe was the only one still fully conscious and with a prayer on his lips, the last prisoner raised his arm for the executioner.
		Maximilian Kolbe was beatified as Confessor by Paul VI in 1970, and canonized as Martyr by Pope John Paul II in 1981.
	www.auschwitz.dk /Kolbe.htm (2321 words)

	St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe
		Maximilian Mary Kolbe (1894-1941) was born at Pabiance, in Russian Occupied Poland.
		In 1917 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the conversion of Alphonse Ratisbon, renowned anti-Catholic and agnostic of Jewish lineage, St. Maximilian was moved by divine grace to found a pious association of the faithful known as the Militia of the Immaculate.
		Maximilian Mary Kolbe's life and work continues today in the religious institutes of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate, at the Academy of the Immaculate, and in the movement known as the Mission of the Immaculate Mediatrix.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/whostmax.htm (1093 words)

	August 14 Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Raymond Kolbe was born in Poland in 1894.
		Father Maximilian Mary was convinced that the world of the twentieth century needed their Heavenly Mother to guide and protect them.
		Maximilian Mary Kolbe is the kind of person we all want to be.
	www.tntt.org /vni/tlieu/saints/St0814.htm (387 words)

	Saint Maximilian Kolbe \| Catholic-Pages.com
		People thought Fr Maximilian was crazy to be building on steep ground sloping away from the town; but in 1945, when the atomic bomb all but levelled Nagaskai, Mugenzai no Sono sustained no more damage than a few broken pains of stained glass.
		Maximilian's health was rapidly deteriorating, but he didn't allow this fact to diminish his zeal -- or his restless energy.
		As the sign was given, Fr Kolbe joined the ranks of the doomed and the non-commissioned officer left the ranks of the doomed Firzsch had consented to the exchange.
	www.catholic-pages.com /saints/st_maximilian.asp (4174 words)

	The My Hero Project - Maximilian Kolbemkolbe
		Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest, offered to take the place of a man who had a family and stepped forward.
		Maximilian Kolbe is remembered for his heroic actions during one of the cruelest periods of modern history.
		Father Kolbe became director of Poland's chief Catholic publishing complex, which published both a monthly magazine with a circulation of about one million and a daily paper with a circulation of about 125,000.
	myhero.com /myhero/heroprint.asp?hero=mkolbe (887 words)

	Maximilian Kolbe
		Kolbe was thrown down the stairs of Building 13 along with the other victims and simply left there to starve.
		Kolbe was the only one still fully conscious and with a prayer on his lips, the last prisoner, Father Kolbe, raised his arm for the executioner.
		So it was that Father Maximilian Kolbe was executed on August 14, 1941, at the age of forty-seven years, a martyr of charity.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Kolbe.html (1133 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Maximilian Kolbe
		Apostle of Consecration to Mary; Massimiliano Maria Kolbe; Maximilian Mary Kolbe; Raymond Kolbe
		Maximilian returned to Poland on 29 July 1919 to teach history in the Crakow seminary.
		For this work the presses were shut down, the congregation suppressed, the brothers dispersed, and Maximilian was imprisoned in Pawiak prison, Warsaw, Poland on 17 February 1941.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintm01.htm (1296 words)

	+Via Rosa - St Maximilian Kolbe - Rosaries and Chaplets Devotional Prayers+
		Maximilian himself has noted that those in heaven, unrestricted by earthly cares or concerns, can work "with both hands" for the special needs of those who call upon them for help.
		Maximilian had a deep love for Mary Immaculate and a terrific devotion to the Miraculous Medal, and is founder of the Militia Immaculata.
		Reading: When Raymond Kolbe was a seminary student at Lwow, Poland, he bowed his face to the floor during Mass one day and promised the most holy Virgin that he would fight for her.
	prayers.viarosa.com /StMaximilianKolbe.html (3558 words)

	St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic School
		Maximilian Kolbe Catholic School opened its doors to the community in September, 1984 with a beautiful new building, an enthusiastic staff and 268 students.
		As such, St. Maximilian is recently admitted to the canon of the Church, and is a concrete example of Christian love amidst evil.
		At St. Maximilian Kolbe, we pride ourselves on a curriculum which is rich in the arts.
	www.tcdsb.org /schools/stmaximiliankolbe.asp (1023 words)

	Maximilian Kolbe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		aximilian Kolbe was born on 7 January 1894 in Zdunska-Wola, near Lodz, in Poland as son.
		Instead, the sounds of Father Kolbe leading the Rosary and singing hymns to the Immaculata with the other prisoners in the bunker could be heard.
		Father Kolbe, the last prisoner left to be killed, raised his arm to the guard.
	www.marypages.com /KolbeEng.htm (1545 words)

	Westminster Abbey - Abbey Tour - 20th Centry Martyrs - Maximilian Kolbe
		But Maximilian Kolbe, who died as prisoner 16770 in Auschwitz-Birkenau, is much remembered in the Christian Church.
		Kolbe was born on 8 January 1894 in Zdunska Wola.
		Kolbe was still fully conscious when, on the eve of the Assumption of Mary, 14 August 1941, he was killed by lethal injection.
	www.westminster-abbey.org /tour/martyrs/1_mk.htm (488 words)

	Homily on Canonization of SMK
		Father Kolbe defended his right to life, declaring that he was ready to go to death in the man's place, because he was the father of a family and his life was necessary for his dear ones.
		And so, in judging the cause of Blessed Maximilian Kolbe even after his Beatification, it was necessary to take into consideration many voices of the People of God-especially of our Brothers in the episcopate of both Poland and Germany-who asked that Maximilian Kolbe be proclaimed as a martyr saint.
		Before the eloquence of the life and death of blessed Maximilian, it is impossible no to recognize what seems to constitute the main and essential element of the sign given by God to the Church and the world in his death.
	www.marymediatrix.com /features/kolbe/homily.htm (1416 words)

	St. Maximilian Kolbe quiz -- free game
		Kolbe was born in Poland in 1894, the second son of Julius and Maryanne Kolbe.
		Kolbe had a lifelong devotion to the Blessed Virgin and, shortly before his ordination in 1918, founded an organization dedicated to the Mother of God.
		By this time, Kolbe was suffering froman illness which would plague him for the rest of his life.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=126355 (373 words)

	Servants - Kolbe-eng
		Maximilian was born Raymond Kolbe in Zdunska-Vola, Poland, January 8, 1894.
		Father Maximilian returned to Poland in 1919 and began spreading his Militia of the Immaculata movement of Marian consecration (whose members are also called MIs), that he founded on October 16, 1917.
		Maximilian started a radio station and planned to build a motion picture studio--he was a true "apostle of the mass media."
	www.firponet.com /Francesco/Servants/Kolbe/Fran_serv_Kolbe_eng.htm (502 words)

	Chaplets: Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Martyr, 16670 of Auschwitz
		Maximilian started a shortwave radio station and planned to build a motion picture studio --he was a true "apostle of the mass media." He established a City of the Immaculata in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1930, which survived (some say miraculously by the intervention of the Virgin) the atom bomb, and still stands today.
		In 1941, the Nazis imprisoned Father Maximilian in the Auschwitz death camp in part of the attempt to crush the Catholic Church, and because of the hiding of thousands of Jews at the friary in Poland.
		Saint Maximilian Kolbe is considered a patron of journalists, families, prisoners, the pro-life movement and the chemically addicted.
	www.marysprayersrosaries.com /kolbe.asp (1428 words)

	St. Maximilian Kolbe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Born near Lodz in Poland he was drawn to the Franciscan Order of which his parents were Tertiaries (his father joined the Polish patriots in the 1st World War and was hanged by the Russians).
		Maximilian studied in Rome and was ordained in 1919, though his career was bedevilled by tuberculosis.
		Maximilian was arrested as a "journalist, publisher and intellectual and sent to Auschwitz in May 1941 where he continued his priestly ministry discreetly, hearing many confessions and smuggling in bread and wine for Mass.
	www.hullp.demon.co.uk /SacredHeart/saint/StMaximilianKolbe.htm (238 words)

	Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr
		Maximilian studied at Rome and was ordained in 1919.
		Maximilian carried on his priestly work surreptitiously, hearing confessions in unlikely places and celebrating the Lord's Supper with bread and wine smuggled in for that purpose.
		Maximilian encouraged the others with prayers, psalms, and meditations on the Passion of Christ.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/bio/227.html (537 words)

	Father Maximilian Kolbe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish priest who died as prisoner 16670 in Auschwitz, on August 14, 1941.
		When a prisoner escaped from the camp, the Nazis selected 10 others to be killed by starvation in reprisal for the escape.
		As the ten condemned men were led off to the death Block of Building 13, Father Kolbe supported a fellow prisoner who could hardly walk.
	www.fatherkolbe.com (227 words)

	Amazon.com: Maximilian Kolbe: Saint of Auschwitz: Books: Elaine Murray Stone,Patrick Kelley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish friar who founded the Militia of the Immaculate and two monasteries, and who wrote and published periodicals and newspapers.
		Kolbe's act of love and faith teaches young readers important lessons that Christianity means more than just going to church, that the Holocaust actually happened, and that saints can be as real and modern as the person standing next to you in line.
		Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest/friar who voluntarly gave his life in Auschwitz, where he was imprisioned for speaking out against the Nazi regiem, so that a Jew may live.
	www.amazon.com /Maximilian-Kolbe-Elaine-Murray-Stone/dp/0809166372 (1298 words)

	Saint Maximilian Kolbe
		Friar Maximilian studied at the Gregorian Institute and the International Seraphic College where he was to earn his doctorates in philosophy and theology.
		Deeply grieved by many symptoms that the Church steadily was losing ground in her battle against the devil Saint Maximilian determined in his heart to organize a spiritual army to capture souls for the Immaculate Queen.
		But particularly mystical was the fact that this founding meeting of the Militia Immaculatae was held three days after the miracle of the sun had occurred at Fatima, where the Blessed Mother promised the conversion of Russia and the triumph of Her Immaculate Heart.
	www.thesacredheart.com /sts/kolbe.htm (1493 words)

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