Description
Father Maximilian Kolbe was a loving and compassionate Franciscan priest from Poland. He cared deeply about sharing the message of the Gospel and even published a newspaper and magazine. In 1941, Kolbe was arrested by the Nazis and placed in Auschwitz concentration camp. When ten prisoners were chosen to die by starvation, Kolbe volunteered to replace a young husband and father. The man survived the war and attended the Kolbe?s canonization in 1982.
Patron saint of:
addiction
families
journalists
prisoners
right to life
Each charm is 1 inch long and is connected to a 1 inch long metal clip.