Tag: St Maximilian Kolbe

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a small Franciscan monastery in Nagasaki still stands as a quiet witness to peace.

There’s a quiet beauty to Mitch Kenny’s decision to go on field for the Panthers even though he was injured. A willingness to suffer out of love for our neighbour is at the heart of both rugby league and Christianity.

14 August marked the Feast Day of the saint who was martyred at Auschwitz when he offered his life in the place of a stranger: St Maximilian Kolbe.

With the feasts of St Maximilian Kolbe and the Queenship of Mary celebrated less than a week apart, it was providential that the youth...