Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe – 14th August 2023

St Mary's Cathedral St Mary's Cathedral, St Mary's Road, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Born near Lodz, Poland, Raymond Kolbe became a Franciscan priest and took the name Maximilian. He was intensely devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and established an organisation called the Militia of Mary Immaculate. He began publishing a monthly magazine that soon had a circulation of over one million copies. After the Nazis invaded Poland, […]