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St Maximillian Kolbe was baptised with the name Raymund kolbe. He was an Polish Conventual Franciscan and a martyr that was in the german death camp in Auschwitz during WW2. He was was sent to Auschwitz for hiding jews in the second world war. Towards the end of his second month in Auschwitz, 10 men were chosen to face death by starvation to warn against escapes. Kolbe was not chosen but volunteered to take the place of a young man who had a family waiting for him at home.

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His father was German, his mother Polish. His parents were relatively poor, and in 1914 his father was captured by the Russians and was hanged for his part in fighting for an independent Poland.

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When Kolbe was young he was known as the rebellious and naughty son as one day his mother spoke to him about his behaviour and how he can be better. That night he asked The mother of God what was become of him and she replied with the 2 crowns the red one and the white one. she explained to him what they meant and she asked which he was accepting, and kolbe said that he would accept both. However after that night Kolbe changed a lot, not only with his behaviour but he also became really religious and became very close to the mother of God. He started his own business of news letters called 'The Mary Of Calcutta'. He would convince the enemies of the church to do best. Kolbe and his brother decided to became franciscans  friar as a teenager, and was later ordained as a priest who served a small parish community.  He opened a shelter for the jews when war had begun so that they were save. he also opened an organisation to help people to do good and get closer to God.

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1906- In 1906 Mary the mother of God appeared in his dream holding 2 crowns, a white one and a red one.Mary asked him if he was  gonna accept the red one which meant that he would become a martyr or the white crown which meant that he should persevere in purity and Kolbe bravely accepted both.
1910- in 1910 he became a franciscan and changed his name to Maximillian.
1971- in 1971 Kolbe opened his own charity called “Knights of the Immaculate” which was dedicated to
strive for goodness, encouraging people to have interest in religion and to
perform helpful  works.
Maximillian travelled to Nagaski,
Japan and shared his charity there. He was very respectful with the fact that there were different religion there such as buddhism and shintoism. He tried his best to open wide conversations with them amd was as nice as he could be.
1936- He approached back as he heared that war was starting. He was really ill and tired but he still persisted to work and help all those who where in need of his love.
1941- Kolbe was arrested  because he had opened a shelter for jews to hide from the germans so that they would get killed during war. And he also got arrested because he was told not to publish his newsletters about Mary the immaculate but he still continued. e was found in 1941 and was sent to Pawiak prison in Warsaw, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. He was prisoner number 16770.

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st maximillian kolbe travelled to to the franciscan minor seminary in lwòw to become a franciscan. While he was there he studied about franciscans with his older brother. When he went to the seminary he walked in with the name Raymond but he stepped out with a more religious name, Maximilian.

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SEX: Male
INTERESTS: Mary the Immaculate
HOMETOWN:Zduńska Wola, Poland
FEAST DAY: August 14
PATRON OF: drug addicts, prisoners, families, and the pro-life movement
BIRTH: January 8, 1894
DEATH: August 14, 1941
BEAUTIFIED BY : By Pope Paul VI on October 17, 1971
CANONIZED BY: By Pope John Paul II on October 10, 1982
PARENTS: Juliusz Kolbe, Mària Dabrowska

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Kolbe's core value and goals throughout his life centered around his strong belief that the Blessed Virgin Mary called him to enter priesthood and live a totally clean and healthy life then die for his beliefs.

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St Francis inspired  Kolbe a lot because he created the order of the franciscans and wanted to learn more about it so when he was at the age of 12 him and his brother were so interested they decided to study about it. There they learnt about saint Francis and what he established and how he did establish it.

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What made St Maximilian Kolbe make a good franciscan?

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What made St Maximilian Kolbe make a good franciscan?

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What made Maximilian kolbe a good franciscan was his faith and loyalty to Mary the Immaculate and what he did to show his devotion. Another reason why he was a good franciscan was because he made articles about the mother of God, Mary the immaculate.

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He became a saint for many reasons. one was because the act of kindness he would show to people. He also would go to different countries to preach about the church and our God. He always persisted in doing his best with preaching  while at the same hand he was taking care of people in the shelter that he made for the people who were ill. He was canonised on the 10th of October in the year 1982 at Saint Peter's Basilica Vatican City by Pope John Paul II.

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What i need to do is help people who are in need and donate every spare change i have to caritas.

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 How can we live out the values of both saints? provide examples 

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 How can we live out the values of both saints? provide examples 

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We can live the value of both saints by following the franciscan values by respecting everyone no matter what there back round is.

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- Kolbe always wanted to became a soldier.
-The prisoner who St. Maximilian saved attended his canonisation.
- Kolbe would always give his loaf of bread to the other prisoners that were with him even though he would be starving.
- He died because he was given an  lethal injection of carbolic acid. Kolbe raised his left arm and calmly waited for the deadly injection.
- Before he went to death camp he wrote a letter to his mother telling her everything was alright.