MAXIMILIAN KOLBE AUTHENTIC

Maximilian Kolbe: Authentic Franciscan

Interpretative essays by Fr. Anselm W. Romb, OFM CONV.

Chapters

1 An Opening Prayer
2 Single-minded, Whole-hearted, Full-powered
3 The Mystery of Grace in Nature: Francis and Maximilian
4 What I Wonder About Maximilian
5 Father to the Man
6 The Human Side of the Saint
7 He Loved His Order
8 What is a "Conventual" Franciscan?
9 Maximilian's Charism and Spirit
10 Theologizing and Legalizing a Charism
11 The Spiritual Teaching of St. Maximilian Kolbe
12 Towards an Understanding of Total Consecration
13 Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit
14 Mary, Queen of Angels and Men
15 The Miraculous Medal, de Montfort's "True Devotion" and Maximilian's Movement
16 The Death Camp Proved Him Real
17 St. Maximilian's City
18 A Soldier, But Totally Human and Attractive to Youth
19 The Practical Spirituality of St. Maximilian
20 Maximilian's Nonclerical Mentality
21 Be Praised, My Lord, for Those Who Endure
22 Be Praised, My Lord, for Sister Death
23 Retrospective, Biographical Data Summary, Notes