Saint Kolbe's white and red roses
St Maximilian Kolbe is a saint in modern times - he experienced both the First and Second World Wars. Kolbe was born on 8 January 1894 as Raymond Kolbe in a low-income family with a German father and a Polish mother in Wola, a then Russian-occupied area. He developed his faith from a young age and recalled his vision of asking Mother Mary what was to become of him. Mother Mary asked him to choose between a white rose and a red rose - the former is for purity, while the latte
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