A Walk & a Chat with the Saints
Chatting with St Maximilian Kolbe
Today 14 Aug. 10 is the feast day of SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE So it would be good to call in and have a short chat with him. JF: I am amazed of your daring move and courageous act St Maximilian, in the midst of that unthinkable horror where you were. I could not imagine myself […]
Saint of today [14 August]
St. Maximilian Kolbe Feastday: August 14 1941 Maximilian was born in 1894 in Poland and became a Franciscan. He contracted tuberculosis and, though he recovered, he remained frail all his life. Before his ordination as a priest, Maximilian founded the Immaculata Movement devoted to Our Lady. After receiving a doctorate in theology, he spread the Movement through […]
Saint of the Day
Saint of the Day for August 13 St. Hippolytus Martyr of Rome, with Concordia and other companions, he is a controversial figure who censured Pope St. Callistus I. Hippolytus was slain in Sardinia where he had been exiled for being elected as an antipope, the first in the history of the Church. He was reconciled […]
Saint of the Day [12 August]
St. Michael My Martyr of Vietnam. He was the mayor of a town in Vietnam when the persecution of Christians started. Michael was martyred with Blessed Anthony Dich, his son-in-law, and with St. James Nam. He was canonized in 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Read More » http://www.catholic.org/saints/sofd.php