ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE

Today - August 14 - we celebrate the life and death of Father Maximilian Kolbe - a Franciscan Conventual Priest - who died in Auschitz. 

3 prisoners had disappeared, so 10 men were picked to be starved to death.

One of them, Franciszek Gajowniczek, screamed, "My wife! My children!" and Father Max stood in for him and was killed.

His dates 1894-1941.

The painting above was done by a friend, Al Pacitti.