St. Maximilian Kolbe was one of many martyrs who paid with their lives for the grevious mistake of neglecting God’s direct request given to us through the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima. May the life and death of this great warrior, a Knight of the Immaculate, inspire us; and may his patronage gain us the graces necessary to Make Minnesota Catholic. St. Maximilian Kolbe pray for us!  He was born on January 8th, 1894 in Zduńska Wola, located at the part of partitioned Kingdom of Poland under Russian occupation, the second son of weaver Julius Kolbe (German descent) and midwife…