Talk:Maximilian Kolbe
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[edit] Photo request
Why no picture? We need a photo of St. Max. He was a very handsome man, too. What a human being. That man did more for hope than a million cynics could do in one day!
[edit] Redundant patronage?
Among those to whom he serves as patron saint are listed "imprisoned people" and "prisoners". Can the difference between the two be clarified? --Anivron 07:21, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
According to http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm01.htm he is the patron saint of prisoners, and political-prisoners. Does that help?
[edit] Sample Prayer
I recently redid the infobox using the infobox template. At that time, I left the existing prayer in the Sample Prayer Column. When I looked at the Infobox Saints template, it says:
prayer A prayer by the saint, or a characteristic prayer to the saint.
prayer_attrib Source or description of the prayer. The purpose of the prayer is to show a
well-known work by the saint, or to illustrate the beliefs of the faith
community that venerates him or her. The prayer will therefore not be
displayed unless this parameter is present.
St. Kolbe is famous for his devotion to Mary as the Immaculate Conception. He is well known as the founder of the religious movement called the Militia of the Immaculata movement of Marian Consecration, usually shortened to the MI. Thus it seems to me that it would naturally follow that the prayer composed by him titled the Solemn Act of Consecration to the Immaculate would characterise him better than the present prayer, which is a part of the Chaplet for the Intercession of St. Kolbe. Thus I post this asking your opinion. Do you think that it would be good if the present prayer is replaced with the Act of Consecration, or let them both be included? Yours, Savio mit electronics 05:02, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Beard Relic
Here (in the fifth post from the top) is a great story about St. Kolbe's beard. Too bad it can't be cited as a verifiable source (it is on a bulletin board). Does anyone have a verifiable source for this story, like a book or some other website that is not a forum? Yours, Savio mit electronics 05:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Athlete
If I'm not mistaken, St. Max was something of an athlete in his younger days. Perhaps a soccer player. I'll find out more about that. I know that he was in tremendous physical shape.
[edit] Antisemitism
Hello. Your article about Kolbe doesn't say anything about his antisemitistic attitude that he had and that makes Kolbe such an ambivalent and interresting historic person. If you understand German you should take a look at the article in the German WP. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.180.8.101 (talk) 21:33, 18 March 2007 (UTC).
- This is an area of some dispute. Still he apparently had a hostility to the Jewish faith, as was common for Catholics of his day, and gave credence to conspiracy theories concerning Jewish cabals working with Freemasons. It's not entirely clear whether he believed these Jewish conspiracies represented Jews or only concerned a leading element of them. To my dismay though I'd have to concede it looks like he was Anti-Semitic, or at least Anti-Judaic, for much of his life. That said he rejected any racial hostility to Jews and during the war he may have had a change of heart. It's fairly established that during the war he did aid Jews and did so whether they converted or not.--T. Anthony 11:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
What kind of anti-semite is it who saves Jews from the Nazis? A hostility to a belief is not the same as hostility to the believers. Ulysses54 07:43, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
RE: Ulyssess, interestingly, that assertion that he saved thousands of Jews has no footnote or reference. He could well have, but it should be backed by an independent source. After all, anyone can say or write just about anything. And yes, Kolbe's early antisemitism is notoriously absent here. philosopher2king 11/14/07
Hello, I do believe Max Kolbe, the young priest, would be considered anti-Jewish in some senses. That is, early on in his career as a priest and brother. I read a childrens book (or rather, book geared towards 10-12 year olds) several years ago that incidentally addressed this. I am about to read a biography of St. Max. I do believe he did some growing in the regard of Jews and by the thirties had greatly moved past his mistrust of Jews.
24.143.70.192 He was indeed VERY anti-Jewish (as opposed to "in some senses"). When a young priest he published a Catholic magazine in which he often and severely attacked and blamed Jews with the old litany of accusations... I'll do some research and will update the entry. Having said that, I don't think anyone can go through a place like Auschwitz and not re-evaluate one's life deeply; he did die a saint.
[edit] Feast day
I tried to find something to confirm that 30 feb was his feast day, but everything I could find indicates that his date of death 14 august is his feast day[1][2][3] that's just 3... but I found many more with that date rather than the Feb date. Also, I have yet to see anything about his being the patron saint of Power Workers. Does anybody know where that came from?Balloonman 06:36, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Pretty sure it wasn't 30 February ;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.14.104.198 (talk) 03:50, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Franciszek Gajowniczek
For those who are interested, I created the page on the man Kolbe saved. Feel free to come by and help it out.Balloonman 07:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Miracles
What sort of miracles did he perform? I think it should be listed.
[edit] Familiy
The phrase "the son of a Polish family with partial German origin" sounds akward. To state that "his father was an ethnic German, his mother of Polish origin" is more to the point. 84.59.37.181 14:04, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
