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Exactly 75 years ago, the Polish priest, missionary, educator and founder of monasteries,\u00a0Maximilian Kolbe<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0gave his life for a fellow prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp. For his martyrdom, Kolbe was canonised as a saint in 1982. For this occasion, a documentary exhibition about his life and work entitled\u00a0St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894\u201314 August 1941, Auschwitz)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0has been organised . In the framework of this exhibition, we are screening the biographical film\u00a0Life for life<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(\u017bycie za \u017cycie<\/em>) by\u00a0Krzysztof Zanussi<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a011 October<\/strong>\u00a0together with the department of\u00a0Slavic studies of the<\/strong>\u00a0KU Leuven<\/strong>. The same day, there will be an\u00a0introduction to the exhibition<\/strong>\u00a0followed by a reception at\u00a017:30<\/strong>.

The\u00a0Faculty of Theology and Religious Science<\/strong>\u00a0at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) puts on a documentary exhibition\u00a0St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894\u201314 August 1941, Auschwitz)<\/em><\/em>\u00a0which you can visit between\u00a012 August and 21 October<\/strong>\u00a02016. You can see hundreds of photographs charting Kolbe\u2019s life, beatification, canonisation and the influences Rome, Lourdes and Niepokalan\u00f3w had on him. It will also be possible to consult publications from the\u00a0Maurits Sabbe Library<\/strong>, part of the Faculty of Theology, on site. This exhibition is part of a project which aims to investigate and highlight\u00a0Franciscanism<\/strong>.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION<\/strong>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Screening film Life for life\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
>>>\u00a0Faculty of Arts<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a08th floor<\/strong>\u00a0(Blijde Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven) –\u00a0see map<\/a>
>>> Tuesday\u00a011 October<\/strong>\u00a02016 –\u00a019:20<\/strong>
>>>\u00a0Free entrance<\/strong>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Exhibition\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
>>>\u00a0Maurits Sabbe Library<\/strong>\u00a0(Charles Deberiotstraat 26, 3000 Leuven) –\u00a0see map<\/a>
>>>\u00a012 August<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a021 October<\/strong>\u00a02016 –\u00a0opening hours<\/a>
>>> Tuesday\u00a011 October<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a017:30<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0introduction followed by a reception<\/strong>
>>>\u00a0Free entrance<\/strong>
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Maximilian KOLBE\u00a0
<\/strong>Maximilian Kolbe, baptised as Rajmund, was born on 8 January 1894 in Zdu\u0144ska Wola. He was a Conventual Franciscan Friar, martyr, missionary, founder of the movement \u2018Knights of the Immaculata\u2019 and promotor of the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary.
<\/span>In 1910, Kolbe entered the Franciscan Conventual Minor Seminary in the city of Lvov (formerly Poland, now Ukraine) and between 1912 and 1915 he studied Philosophy in Rome at the \u2018Gregorianum\u2019 papal university. He continued his studies, reading Theology at the St. Bonaventure Papal Department of the \u2018Seraficum\u2019 International Franciscan College. In 1917, he founded the \u2018Knights of the Immaculata\u2019 movement.. Kolbe was ordained a priest in 1918. In 1927, Polish prince Drucki-Lubecki donated a piece of land to Kolbe next to Sochaczew where he founded a friary. He baptised this place „Niepokalan\u00f3w” (\u2018Immaculate\u2019).
<\/span>Maximilian left for Nagasaki in Japan in 1930 to found a friary based on the model of Niepokalan\u00f3w. This centre in Nagasaki gave birth to what is now a Franciscan Province of 85 Japanese friars and 15 houses. Maximilian lived there for six years until he returned to Niepokalan\u00f3w in Poland in 1936.\u00a0
<\/span>Work came to an abrupt halt because of World War II. After his arrest and several months\u2019 detention in three German internment camps, Maximilian Kolbe returned to Niepokalan\u00f3w and breathed new life into the religious community under different conditions by helping those in need and taking care of the disabled and those expelled from their homes in Pozna\u0144, among them a large number of Jews.\u00a0
<\/span>On 17 February 1941, Kolbe was arrested again and transported to the German concentration camp of Auschwitz. He offered to take the place of fellow prisoner, Francis Gajowniczek, who had been sentenced to death. Kolbe received a lethal injection on 14 August 1941, and one day later, his corpse was burnt in a crematorium. Maximilian was beatified on October 17, 1971 by Pope Paul VI, and canonised on October 10, 1982 by Pope John Paul II as Martyr of Charity and Patron of our difficult century. His name day is marked on 14 August.
<\/span>After his beatification and canonisation, interest in his life and work grew, first in Poland, and then in the rest of world. One can find many churches and chapels named after him, not only across Poland, but also in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United States and Zambia.
<\/span>At the heart of Saint Maximilian Kolbe\u2019s spirituality is a devotion to the Immaculate Conception, as defined by the Franciscan tradition, within which the main focus is on the sanctity of the Virgin Mary and the wealth of supernatural gifts. In Kolbe, Franciscan thinking is powerfully embodied: he is a perfect example of the idea of radical poverty and living an exemplary life according to the criteria of the Catholic church.<\/span>
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This exhibition was made possible thanks to the cooperation of the Franciscan orders of the provinces of Flanders, the Netherlands and M\u00fcnster, the Saint-Trond order of friars minor and the Flemish conventuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For his martyrdom, Kolbe was canonised as a saint in 1982. For this occasion, a documentary exhibition about his life and work entitled\u00a0St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894\u201314 August 1941, Auschwitz)\u00a0has been organised . In the framework of this exhibition, we are screening the biographical film\u00a0Life for life\u00a0(\u017bycie za \u017cycie) by\u00a0Krzysztof Zanussi\u00a0on\u00a011 October\u00a0together with the department of\u00a0Slavic studies of the\u00a0KU Leuven. The same day, there will be an\u00a0introduction to the exhibition\u00a0followed by a reception at\u00a017:30.The\u00a0Faculty of Theology and Religious Science\u00a0at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) puts on a documentary exhibition\u00a0St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894\u201314 August 1941, Auschwitz)\u00a0which you can visit between\u00a012 August and 21 October\u00a02016. You can see hundreds of photographs charting Kolbe\u2019s life, beatification, canonisation and the influences Rome, Lourdes and Niepokalan\u00f3w had on him. It will also be possible to consult publications from the\u00a0Maurits Sabbe Library, part of the Faculty of Theology, on site. This exhibition is part of a project which aims to investigate and highlight\u00a0Franciscanism.PRACTICAL INFORMATION\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Screening film Life for life\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0>>>\u00a0Faculty of Arts\u00a0-\u00a08th floor\u00a0(Blijde Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven) -\u00a0see map>>> Tuesday\u00a011 October\u00a02016 -\u00a019:20>>>\u00a0Free entrance\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Exhibition\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0>>>\u00a0Maurits Sabbe Library\u00a0(Charles Deberiotstraat 26, 3000 Leuven) -\u00a0see map>>>\u00a012 August\u00a0-\u00a021 October\u00a02016 -\u00a0opening hours>>> Tuesday\u00a011 October\u00a0-\u00a017:30\u00a0-\u00a0introduction followed by a reception>>>\u00a0Free entrance\nMaximilian KOLBE\u00a0Maximilian Kolbe, baptised as Rajmund, was born on 8 January 1894 in Zdu\u0144ska Wola. He was a Conventual Franciscan Friar, martyr, missionary, founder of the movement \u2018Knights of the Immaculata\u2019 and promotor of the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary.In 1910, Kolbe entered the Franciscan Conventual Minor Seminary in the city of Lvov (formerly Poland, now Ukraine) and between 1912 and 1915 he studied Philosophy in Rome at the \u2018Gregorianum\u2019 papal university. He continued his studies, reading Theology at the St. Bonaventure Papal Department of the \u2018Seraficum\u2019 International Franciscan College. In 1917, he founded the \u2018Knights of the Immaculata\u2019 movement.. Kolbe was ordained a priest in 1918. In 1927, Polish prince Drucki-Lubecki donated a piece of land to Kolbe next to Sochaczew where he founded a friary. He baptised this place \"Niepokalan\u00f3w\" (\u2018Immaculate\u2019).Maximilian left for Nagasaki in Japan in 1930 to found a friary based on the model of Niepokalan\u00f3w. This centre in Nagasaki gave birth to what is now a Franciscan Province of 85 Japanese friars and 15 houses. Maximilian lived there for six years until he returned to Niepokalan\u00f3w in Poland in 1936.\u00a0Work came to an abrupt halt because of World War II. After his arrest and several months\u2019 detention in three German internment camps, Maximilian Kolbe returned to Niepokalan\u00f3w and breathed new life into the religious community under different conditions by helping those in need and taking care of the disabled and those expelled from their homes in Pozna\u0144, among them a large number of Jews.\u00a0On 17 February 1941, Kolbe was arrested again and transported to the German concentration camp of Auschwitz. He offered to take the place of fellow prisoner, Francis Gajowniczek, who had been sentenced to death. Kolbe received a lethal injection on 14 August 1941, and one day later, his corpse was burnt in a crematorium. Maximilian was beatified on October 17, 1971 by Pope Paul VI, and canonised on October 10, 1982 by Pope John Paul II as Martyr of Charity and Patron of our difficult century. His name day is marked on 14 August.After his beatification and canonisation, interest in his life and work grew, first in Poland, and then in the rest of world. One can find many churches and chapels named after him, not only across Poland, but also in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United States and Zambia.At the heart of Saint Maximilian Kolbe\u2019s spirituality is a devotion to the Immaculate Conception, as defined by the Franciscan tradition, within which the main focus is on the sanctity of the Virgin Mary and the wealth of supernatural gifts. In Kolbe, Franciscan thinking is powerfully embodied: he is a perfect example of the idea of radical poverty and living an exemplary life according to the criteria of the Catholic church.\nThis exhibition was made possible thanks to the cooperation of the Franciscan orders of the provinces of Flanders, the Netherlands and M\u00fcnster, the Saint-Trond order of friars minor and the Flemish conventuals.\nPicture gallery\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2016\/10\/11\/life-for-life-film-about-the-life-of-maximilian-kolbe\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/99990fr-5-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/99990fr-5-2.png","width":572,"height":332},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2016\/10\/11\/life-for-life-film-about-the-life-of-maximilian-kolbe\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Life for life, film about the life of Maximilian Kolbe"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#website","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/","name":"Instytut Polski w Brukseli","description":"Instytuty Polskie","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"pl-PL"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/ccb27e6f37dc023e9a8d394b9bc37c18","name":"dyjakn","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8275a451988be0ae9a525d2a55b644f7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8275a451988be0ae9a525d2a55b644f7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"dyjakn"},"url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/author\/dyjakn\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3392,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391\/revisions\/3392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}