"Father Maximilian is among us - even Father Maximilian!" Surviving prisoners of Auschwitz still recall the shock waves that spread rapidly through the barracks of the concentration camp with the news of Father Maximilian Kolbe's incarceration there.

On the cover of The Secret Life of Bees, a recent bestselling novel by Sue Monk Kidd, stands a honey jar emblazoned with an image of the Black Madonna.

The Crusade of Mary Immaculate (Latin title: Militia Immaculatae) is a world-wide organisation founded on 16th October 1917 by Friar Maximilian Kolbe, our Conventual Franciscan confrere.