Immaculate Conception and the Holy Spirit
The Marian Teachings of St. Maximilian Kolbe For the Modern World IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND THE HOLY SPIRIT — St. Maximilian Kolbe's heroic martyrdom at the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz is world renowned. It is less known that the Polish Franciscan was a ground-breaking Marian Theologian. Pope Paul VI called Kolbe "clairvoyant" in his anticipation of the Marian theology of the Second Vatican Council. Pope John Paul II called him an "apostle of a new Marian age." Immaculate conception and the Holy Spirit is a brilliant analysis of the saint's insights on Mary's spousal relationship with the Holy Spirit, and her active role in salvation history. Using Kolbe's own writings, Father Manteau-Bonamy (a master theologian himself) weaves together a profound but accessible study of St. Maximilian's master thesis: that Mary Immaculate is the chief visible manifestation of the Holy Spirit's presence in the Church and the world. This work is especially relevant today, when there is much debate ab