The object of this essay is to dicuss the role of the catholic church going to the pheriphery. A periphery can be the perimiter of a circle, as long as many other things. It also be the outside boundary or suface of a body. the catholic churches role in the pheripheris is to help us get to that external boundary, so if jesus is in the center of the circle, we cant possibly be closer to him. One man who did his best to get to the center of that circle is saint maximilian kolbe.
Saint Maximilian Kolbe was born on January 8th, 1894, in Poland to Juliusz Kolbe and Maria Dąbrowska . He was an ordinary boy and lived a most ordinary life, until one night that would go on to change his life and its course forever.
"I do not know what will become of you"; Maximilian's mother had said to him one night. On that night and many that followed, he prayed, prayed, and prayed some more to Mary, wanting to know what his life would come to be. He finally got his answer on that special night. The Virgin Mary had appeared to him, holding two beautiful crowns. …show more content…
In 1910, he was given the religious name Maximilian and was ordained a monk in 1914.
Kolbe continued to move around Europe studying and preaching. During his time in Rome, he witnessed angry protests against the Vatican. Kolbe had a strong devotion to the Virgin Mary and he participated in the Army of Mary. He was motivated to fight for Mary against enemies of the church.
WW2
On February 17, 1941, Maximilian was arrested and sent to a concentration camp for hiding Jewish people. In the Auschwitz concentration camp, he was given the tag and identification of #16670. When the Nazi guards selected 10 people to be starved to death, Kolbe volunteered to die in place of a stranger. He accepted his lethal injection without hesitation, completing his testimony of being a martyr. His legacy will always live on and be
Saint Maximilian Kolbe was born on January 8th, 1894, in Poland to Juliusz Kolbe and Maria Dąbrowska . He was an ordinary boy and lived a most ordinary life, until one night that would go on to change his life and its course forever.
"I do not know what will become of you"; Maximilian's mother had said to him one night. On that night and many that followed, he prayed, prayed, and prayed some more to Mary, wanting to know what his life would come to be. He finally got his answer on that special night. The Virgin Mary had appeared to him, holding two beautiful crowns. …show more content…
In 1910, he was given the religious name Maximilian and was ordained a monk in 1914.
Kolbe continued to move around Europe studying and preaching. During his time in Rome, he witnessed angry protests against the Vatican. Kolbe had a strong devotion to the Virgin Mary and he participated in the Army of Mary. He was motivated to fight for Mary against enemies of the church.
WW2
On February 17, 1941, Maximilian was arrested and sent to a concentration camp for hiding Jewish people. In the Auschwitz concentration camp, he was given the tag and identification of #16670. When the Nazi guards selected 10 people to be starved to death, Kolbe volunteered to die in place of a stranger. He accepted his lethal injection without hesitation, completing his testimony of being a martyr. His legacy will always live on and be