Priest, Publisher, Evangelist, Martyr
Known throughout his life as the “Knight of the Immaculata,” St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM Conv., was born in Poland in 1894. When he was about ten years old, the Immaculate Virgin appeared to him and offered him two symbolic crowns: the white crown of chastity and the red crown of martyrdom. He chose them both. Maximilian entered the Franciscan Order at the age of sixteen. So intent were he and his brother, Francis, on becoming religious, that they crossed secretly in a haycart from the Russian to the Austrian partition of Poland to enter the seminary. Max was sent to the Order’s International Seraphic College in Rome for his philosophical and theological studies.

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Patron of Billings Catholic Radio
In 1982, St. Pope John Paul II canonized him as a “martyr of charity,” calling him “patron of our difficult century.” He is the patron saint of journalists, media communications, the family and the chemically addicted. As patron of our apostolate at Billings Catholic Radio we encourage all to join us in asking St. Maximilian Kolbe’s intersession for the grace that Billings Catholic Radio be an instrument to evangelize, educate, and inspire a faithful life in Christ.

Pray the Novena to St. Maximilian Kolbe with us August 5 - 13!

Say once a day for 9 days, beginning on 5 August and ending on 13 August, the eve of the Feast of St. Maximilian.