Paperback: Come to know about the life of St Maximilian Kolbe in Japan and his love for Our Lady in Father Kolbe in Nagasaki (originally published in 1988; 2021) by Brother Tomei Ozaki!
In 1930, he founded a friary in Nagasaki (still active) amid seemingly impossible challenges and hardships with the help of the Immaculata. This book was written by a Japanese Franciscan Conventual Friar, Brother Ozaki, who, in 1945, entered the same friary founded by St Maximilian - just two months after Nagasaki was blasted by the atomic bomb.
Brother Ozaki resided with the friars who personally knew and lived with St Maximilian and who highly admired the saint’s heroic act of martyrdom for a fellow prisoner. This engaging book tells of these friars’ endearing experiences and memories of St Maximilian during those six years - sure to stir interest not only in this heroic saint - but also Our Lady.
In this book, we learn about Fr Kolbe’s relentless desire to make Our Lady known and loved by printing the magazine The Knights of the Immaculata in Japanese; his daily trials with the living conditions he endured in the friary - and also the captivating memories of the friars who prayed and worked with him - and who truly loved him; how the personalities of the different friars come alive when they tell their stories, enlivening the imagination and fostering love for all of them; how St Maximilian’s love for Our Lady protected the friary during the atomic blast; how Brother Ozaki is a humble “proclaimer” of St Maximilian and see how his humility is the trumpet Our Lady uses; and so much more!
Father Kolbe in Nagasaki is translated from the Japanese by Professor Shinichiro Araki of Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University, supervised by Professor Kevin M Doak of Georgetown University, USA.
About the author: Tomei Ozaki was a Japanese Conventual Franciscan Friar. He was accepted into the friary founded by Saint Maximilian Kolbe in Nagasaki, just after having experienced the atomic bombing. In this friary, Friar Ozaki heard a lot about Father Kolbe’s life from the Polish friars who had lived with him. Friar Ozaki wrote this book mainly based on the friars’ testimonies. He also wrote another book about Father Kolbe, Love of Sacrifice. He passed away in Nagasaki on 15 April 2021.
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