Tag: Kolbe
Poland: Minister General Visits Starvation Cell of St. Maximilian Kolbe
On July 7, 2020, the Minister General, Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI, visited the Nazi concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was accompanied by...
Somma Vesuviana (Naples, Italy): Piazza to Be Renamed in Honor of...
On Saturday, June 20, 2020, the mayor of the town of Somma Vesuviana announced the launch of the bureaucratic process to rename the piazza...
Dear St. Maximilian, Do You Remember What You Did on April...
It would be nice to have a chat with St. Maximilian M. KOLBE, to ask his advice and to learn more about his missionary,...
New Volume of “Fonti Kolbiane” in Italian
A new volume of "Fonti Kolbiane" has been released in Italian. The publication contains the "Letters" of our saint.
“There are a total of...
Rome: Conference of the Kolbean Chair
The Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure in Rome has just hosted the tenth edition of the annual Conference promoted by the faculty’s Kolbean...
Rome: Kolbean Conference at the Seraphicum
On May 5, 2018, a Kolbean Convention took place, hosted by the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure (Seraphicum). The theme of the Convention...
Rome: 100ᵗʰ Anniversary of St. Maximilian Kolbe
One hundred years ago (April 28, 1918), St. Maximilian KOLBE was ordained a priest at the Basilica of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome.
“On the...
Niepokalanów: Kolbe’s Ordination Anniversary
On April 29, 2018, the 100th anniversary of St. Maximilian M. KOLBE’s priestly ordination was commemorated in Niepokalanów, Poland.
The centerpiece of the festivities was...
Great Britain-Ireland: Custodial Chapter Part I
From September 14–18, 2026, the Provincial Custody of Bl. Agnellus of Pisa in Great Britain-Ireland held the first part of its Custodial Chapter in...
USA: Second Meeting on Causes for Canonization
On September 12–13, 2026, the second annual “Saints on Their Way” meeting took place at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in...
New Study on the Three Families of the Franciscan First Order: Evolution and Identity
The journal Studi Francescani has published a book by Friar Felice AUTIERI titled The Three Families of the Franciscan First Order: Evolution and Identity from the 16th...
Spirit of Assisi in Zambia: Between Theory and Practice
The next leg of the Spirit of Assisi mission took me back to Africa, this time to Zambia, where I stayed from August 31...
Brooklyn: CANTICO, a Franciscan Prayer Circuit for the Year of St. Francis
On July 15, 2026, the Feast of St. Bonaventure, Most Holy Trinity–St. Mary Church in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, USA, inaugurated...