Our saint today Raymund Kolbe was born on January 8, 1894, in the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. He entered the seminary of the Conventual Franciscans in Lvív- then Poland which is now Part of Ukraine. Though he achieved doctorates in Philosophy and Theology, he was deeply interested in science, the he even drew plans for rocket ships. At the young age of 24, he was ordained. He is the founder of the Militia de Immaculata, whose aim was to fight and combat evil with the witness of the good life, prayer, work, and suffering. When, Maximilian was on the last hours of his life. He lifted his fleshless arm to receive the bite of the hypodermic needle. It was filled with carbolic acid. They burned his body with all the others. Fr. Kolbe was beatified in 1971 and was canonized in 1982.
