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St Kolbe was originaly named Raymund Kolbe and was born on 8 January 1894 In Zdunska Wola, in the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire.

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St Francis of Assisi was born in Assisi, Italy circa 1181.

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In his teenage years he had a lot of friends, was a party animal and went out drinking a lot. He was very wealthy considering that his dad was the richest man in Assisi. At the age of 19 he left home to become a knight and fought in a battle between Assisi and Perugia. During the war he was captured and held hostage for ransom because they knew that he was rich and they wanted money. One year later his father gave the money to the people so that he could leave prison.

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St Francis of Assisi changed his life by wearing loyal clothing and leaving Assisi and to live only according to the Gospel.  He continued to preach and spread gods message to the world. He started living in poverty and repaired the christian faith.  He changed his life because he kept on receiving visions from god and that inspired him to be a more holy and better person so he changed and became devoted to christianity. He abandoned his rich life. he preached about god to everyone. He started having a love for animals and nature which is how he is now known as the patron saint of the environment and animals. He became a Saint because of his good deeds and he had another vision from god but this time it left him with the same marks of jesus christ’s wounds from when he was crucified. He was the first person ever the receive the wounds. St Francis's values were prayer, dedication, relationships and a simple life.

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Franciscan friars is the catholic order that St. Francis established this order on 24, February 1209. They awake at 6.00, prey 5 times a day and eat 3 times a day. The key events of St Francis's work  which caused significant impact in the Church were the love of animals and the environment, abandoning wealth to live in poverty and was devoted to christianity. The prayers that franciscan friars would prey were, a  St francis prayer

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St francis has inspired us to be more like him by being kind to others love the environment and animals and treat everyone the same even the poor and the wealthy. We are learning about him because he is a saint and he changed from being very spoilt and wealthy who partied a lot to being a popular saint in the catholic faith. He is an inspiring person who we should aspire to be like.

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http://www.luvamutt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/st-francis.png

http://www.ncregister.com/images/editorial/Saint_Francis_of_Assisi_by_Jusepe_de_Ribera.jpg

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeHzzH5zXSI

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St kolbe's original name was Raymund Kolbe. He lived in a poor household with his parents. His Father was German and his mother was Polish. His father unfortunately died while fighting for an independent Poland. St Kolbe was very religious even from a young age. When he was 13 years old he entered the Franciscan Fathers Seminary in the polish city of Lvov, which was at that time occupied by Austria. It was in the seminary where he adopted the name Maximilian. He became a priest after completing his studies in Rome.

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St maximilian kolbe's became a devotee to the faith by
becoming a priest. he was always keen to work for the conversion of sinners and enemies of the Catholic Church. Kolbe had a strong devotion to the Virgin Mary
and felt a strong motivation to ‘fight for Mary’ against enemies of the church. and he became an active participant in the Militia Immaculate or Army of Mary.

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St kolbe's values were Faith, courage and compassion. The catholic order that he joined was the franciscan friars. He became a franciscan friar because he chose  too, he was inspired by St francis. St kolbe impacted the church because he was sent to Auschwitz for hiding Jews during the Second World War. When the Nazi guards selected 10 people to be starved to death in punishment, Kolbe volunteered to die in place of a stranger. He was later canonised as a martyr

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St kolbe lived out this catholic order by not being selfish, putting others before our self, having compassion for others and having courage to help people and do whats right. We are learning about him because he is a good role model in the catholic faith for what he did and who he helped, we should follow his footsteps.

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https://missionimmaculata.com/index.php/kolbe/prayers-to-st-maximilian-kolbe

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https://veneremurcernui.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/kolbe.jpeg

http://www.catholictradition.org/Priests/kolbe.jpg

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What do the lives of both saints make you think about?

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What do the lives of both saints make you think about?

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My thoughts on the lives of the two saints are that they are very inspiring people and i aspire to be like them like they aspired to be like jesus and follow in jesus's footsteps. By being kind, caring and showing compassion to others we can make people happy and we too can live a happy life and being the way god wants us to.

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How hard do you think it would be to live out a monastic life in today’s society? Make sure you describe what life is like in a monastery. As an extension, you can also describe other religious orders and their traditions. 

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How hard do you think it would be to live out a monastic life in today’s society? Make sure you describe what life is like in a monastery. As an extension, you can also describe other religious orders and their traditions. 

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I think it would be quite hard to live out a monastic life in todays society because you must study really hard and not much people are heard of living a monastic life now a days. I would have to wake up early every morning at 5.00 am. At 6.00am i would have to have a meditative start to the day by having a service where people say scriptures and psalms. Then i would have to do the morning prayer at 7.15am, a midday prayer at 12.00. 12.30 i have lunch then another prayer after supper at 8.15. Some of the other religious orders are helping feed the homeless, poor   and some other traditions are that we must call monks and nuns 'brother or sister'.

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Explain what the hardest part of becoming a Franciscan friar for you, personally.

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Explain what the hardest part of becoming a Franciscan friar for you, personally.

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The hardest part of becoming a Franciscan friar for me would probably be having to study really hard so that i am familiar with everything that St Francis did and what i must do to become a franciscan friar. It would also be hard waking up so early every morning at 5.00am.

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Their similarities:

They both followed the path of jesus

They both turned out to be saints

They where caring and kind

Their differences:

St francis had a special love for animals and nature whereas St Kolbe had a special love for Mary the mother of Jesus.

St Kolbe was very religious at a young age but St Francis grew to be religious at around the age of 20.

They both had different values

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monasticism

https://www.biographyonline.net/spiritual/maximilian-kolbe.html

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=370

https://www.biography.com/people/st-francis-of-assisi-21152679

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi