As World War II raged around him in Poland, St. Maximilian ... in 1930, Kolbe made a pilgrimage to the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal on Rue de Bac in Paris. The Chapel of Our Lady of the ...

A brief snippet of his life story. 1. St. Maximilian Kolbe had a great devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes. As a young priest friar, he faced the possibility of amputation of his thumb or even his arm ...

Kolbe had a strong connection to the Virgin Mary. He claimed to have a vision of the Catholic Church's most important woman. "I prayed very hard to Our Lady to tell me what would happen to me.

St. Maximilian Kolbe is also the patron saint of prisoners, families, the pro-life movement, journalists, and chemically addicted. How do the Franciscans of Our Lady of the Angels Province see ...

Mary plays a prominent role in this family, as does St. Maximilian Kolbe's devotion to her ... portray Mary as the Immaculata as well as Our Lady of Czestochowa in order to contrast the grief ...