by Fr. Alfonso Bruno F.I. | Articles
In the now-famous vision of his youth, St. Maximilian was offered two crowns by Our Lady: the white crown of a life of heroic virtue, and the red crown of martyrdom. He was rewarded with these two crowns for a life totally spent for the Immaculate. By divine...
by Fr. Alfonso Bruno F.I. | Articles
Bl. John Paul II called St. Maximilian M. Kolbe “patron of our troubled times.” Today’s world indeed has need of such a Saint so totally the possession of Mary: all hers. Let us imagine for a moment that we are with St. Maximilian and the brothers of Niepokalanów,...
by Fr. Alfonso Bruno F.I. | Articles
The saints form part of the inexhaustible treasure of the divine mystery; before the eyes of men they at once reveal themselves and are enigmatic. So it is that the figure of St. Maximilian Kolbe, martyr of Auchwitz who offered his life in place of a condemned father...
by Fr. Alfonso Bruno F.I. | Articles
From Monthly Magazine to daily Newspaper St. Maximilian engaged in evangelization using all the means he could put at the disposal of his genius. Above all, he employed his faith and his trust in the Immaculate. He bore great witness to his fidelity to the Lord Jesus,...