ORIGINAL Saint Maximilian Kolbe Charcoal Sketch
This original 5×7” charcoal sketch, featuring Saint Maximilian Kolbe is one of 10 sketches completed in my 2024 October Saint Sketch Challenge. All earnings from these sketches from now through November 9th will go to Cross Catholic Outreach for hurricane relief from recent hurricanes, Helene and Milton. Purchase this original to help unlock prints of this piece so others can help contribute to the cause!
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DETAILS:
*original 5×7” charcoal sketch on paper
*Frame/unframed option
*Frame can either sit or stand
*If choosing framed option, please allow 2 weeks for processing
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ABOUT THIS SAINT/PIECE:
“That night, I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me, a Child of Faith. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both.” (Maximilian Kolbe's account of a vision he had as 12-year-old boy, kneeling in a church)
Maximillian Kolbe accepted the white crown of purity upon his ordination to priesthood. He had a heart for the conversion of sinners and sought to "fight for Mary" against the enemies of the Church. He went on to produce a very successful magazine among Polish Catholics, and even received his radio license to broadcast the Catholic faith.
At the outbreak of WWII, many Polish and Jewish refugees sought safety in Kolbe's monastery (They were said to have fed and clothed upwards to 3,000 refugees). Eventually, Kolbe was caught by the Nazis and sent as a prisoner to Auschwitz, where he would secretly host Masses for the prisoners.
Finally, Kolbe received his red crown of martyrdom when he willingly offered to take the place of Franciszek Gajowniczek, a man chosen at random to be starved to death in an underground bunker. Franciszek had a wife and children, and amazingly enough, survived Auschwitz and was present for Maximilian Kolbe's canonization in 1982.
After continuing to lead the other prisoners in prayer and song from within the underground bunker, Maximilian Kolbe was one of the last men to survive and was eventually executed via lethal injection.
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us, that when given the opportunity to choose purity or martyrdom (whether literally or symbolically), we may look toward heaven and bravely say, "I choose both!"
This original 5×7” charcoal sketch, featuring Saint Maximilian Kolbe is one of 10 sketches completed in my 2024 October Saint Sketch Challenge. All earnings from these sketches from now through November 9th will go to Cross Catholic Outreach for hurricane relief from recent hurricanes, Helene and Milton. Purchase this original to help unlock prints of this piece so others can help contribute to the cause!
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DETAILS:
*original 5×7” charcoal sketch on paper
*Frame/unframed option
*Frame can either sit or stand
*If choosing framed option, please allow 2 weeks for processing
……………………………………………….
ABOUT THIS SAINT/PIECE:
“That night, I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me, a Child of Faith. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both.” (Maximilian Kolbe's account of a vision he had as 12-year-old boy, kneeling in a church)
Maximillian Kolbe accepted the white crown of purity upon his ordination to priesthood. He had a heart for the conversion of sinners and sought to "fight for Mary" against the enemies of the Church. He went on to produce a very successful magazine among Polish Catholics, and even received his radio license to broadcast the Catholic faith.
At the outbreak of WWII, many Polish and Jewish refugees sought safety in Kolbe's monastery (They were said to have fed and clothed upwards to 3,000 refugees). Eventually, Kolbe was caught by the Nazis and sent as a prisoner to Auschwitz, where he would secretly host Masses for the prisoners.
Finally, Kolbe received his red crown of martyrdom when he willingly offered to take the place of Franciszek Gajowniczek, a man chosen at random to be starved to death in an underground bunker. Franciszek had a wife and children, and amazingly enough, survived Auschwitz and was present for Maximilian Kolbe's canonization in 1982.
After continuing to lead the other prisoners in prayer and song from within the underground bunker, Maximilian Kolbe was one of the last men to survive and was eventually executed via lethal injection.
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us, that when given the opportunity to choose purity or martyrdom (whether literally or symbolically), we may look toward heaven and bravely say, "I choose both!"
This original 5×7” charcoal sketch, featuring Saint Maximilian Kolbe is one of 10 sketches completed in my 2024 October Saint Sketch Challenge. All earnings from these sketches from now through November 9th will go to Cross Catholic Outreach for hurricane relief from recent hurricanes, Helene and Milton. Purchase this original to help unlock prints of this piece so others can help contribute to the cause!
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DETAILS:
*original 5×7” charcoal sketch on paper
*Frame/unframed option
*Frame can either sit or stand
*If choosing framed option, please allow 2 weeks for processing
……………………………………………….
ABOUT THIS SAINT/PIECE:
“That night, I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me, a Child of Faith. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both.” (Maximilian Kolbe's account of a vision he had as 12-year-old boy, kneeling in a church)
Maximillian Kolbe accepted the white crown of purity upon his ordination to priesthood. He had a heart for the conversion of sinners and sought to "fight for Mary" against the enemies of the Church. He went on to produce a very successful magazine among Polish Catholics, and even received his radio license to broadcast the Catholic faith.
At the outbreak of WWII, many Polish and Jewish refugees sought safety in Kolbe's monastery (They were said to have fed and clothed upwards to 3,000 refugees). Eventually, Kolbe was caught by the Nazis and sent as a prisoner to Auschwitz, where he would secretly host Masses for the prisoners.
Finally, Kolbe received his red crown of martyrdom when he willingly offered to take the place of Franciszek Gajowniczek, a man chosen at random to be starved to death in an underground bunker. Franciszek had a wife and children, and amazingly enough, survived Auschwitz and was present for Maximilian Kolbe's canonization in 1982.
After continuing to lead the other prisoners in prayer and song from within the underground bunker, Maximilian Kolbe was one of the last men to survive and was eventually executed via lethal injection.
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us, that when given the opportunity to choose purity or martyrdom (whether literally or symbolically), we may look toward heaven and bravely say, "I choose both!"