“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” John 15:13, NKJV In a place designed to destroy faith, one man chose to embody it. Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan priest and publisher devoted to the Virgin Mary, was arrested by the Nazi regime for sheltering Jewish refugees and promoting Christian resistance to evil. Sent to Auschwitz, he endured starvation, brutality, and dehumanization. Yet he never surrendered the love of Christ. When another prisoner wa

💙🔥 Meet St. Maximilian Kolbe — The Martyr of Charity! 🔥💙 Here’s Cadi, proudly representing St. Maximilian Kolbe in our Padre Annibale School Marikina Virtual Parade of Saints! 🙏✨ Did you know? 🔹 St. Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest and friar who offered his life at Auschwitz to save another man — a husband and father. ❤️ 🔹 Before his martyrdom, he spread devotion to Our Lady through magazines, radio, and missions — calling Mary the “Immaculata.” 🌹 🔹 He’s the patron saint of famili

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