This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: We’re Tipping Over by Andy Feld, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, and St. Maximilian Kolbe, a priest who sacrificed his life. Adventures in Learning You realize that you are not progressing as fast as you should in your professional career. You recognize there is a gap in your skills and experience. You have new information. It’s up to you whether you accept the status quo, or do something to change the situation. If you accept the call for a change in your life, you have the option to get help from someone like a mentor, or you could mentor yourself. The … [Read more...]
Maximilian Kolbe: Catholic Priest Sacrificed his Life for Franciszek Gajowniczek at Nazi Concentration Camp
June 20, 2012 by
“Hatred destroys; love alone creates,” Maximilian Kolbe While in a Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, a prisoner escaped from his barracks, and in retaliation, the Nazis chose 10 men to execute by slow starvation. Franciszek Gajowniczek, one of the 10 chosen was distressed and cried out that he had a wife and children. Kolbe, who was a Catholic Priest of the Franciscan Order, offered to take Gajowniczek’s place. Name: Maximilian Kolbe Birth Date: January 8, 1894 - August 14, 1941 Job Functions: Catholic Priest Fields: Ministry Known For: Died on behalf of Franciszek Gajowniczek Self-Mentoring … [Read more...]
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