St. Maximilian Kolbe

Born in Poland in 1894, St. Maximilian Kolbe became a Franciscan monk. During his lifetime, St. Maximilian founded the Immaculata Movement devoted to Our Lady. He also travelled to Japan and India to spread the Movement there. Due to ill health he returned to Poland and was arrested and imprisoned when the Second World War broke out. In 1941 at the age of forty-seven he was killed at the Nazi camp of Auschwitz where he volunteered to die in place of a young father. He was canonized in 1982 and declared a martyr of charity. St. Maximilian is the patron of imprisoned people, political prisoners, families, journalists, and drug addicts. His feast day is commemorated on August 14th. We can help you choose a stained glass artwork of St. Maximilian for your prayer room or chapel, or for your home. Please contact us and we will gladly assist you.