Maximilian Kolbe

Maximilian Kolbe

Maximilian, mom, dad, Russian soldiers (2), Mary, Free Masons (2), Nazis (2), Jews (3), Priests (2), escaping prisoner, crying prisoner

(Enter Max, Mom, dad on stage)

Maximilian was 10 years old, living in Poland, and was eating dinner with his mom and dad.

Suddenly, they heard a knock at the door.  Mom squealed in fear, and Maximillian jumped. But Dad just got to his feet, wiping hsi mouth with his napkin.

(Enter Russian Soldiers)

They opened the door, and 2 Russian soldiers walked in. Speaking to Maximilian’s dad, in ridiculous Russian accents, they said “You are under arrest for fighting for the freedom of Poland against Russia.”

Mom cried out "Nooo!", fell to the ground, and clung to her husband's knees. 

But dad was brought out, and was hung to death.  

Mom and Maximillian cried as they hugged each other.

(mom, dad, soldiers leave stage)

Maximilian cried and cried about losing his dad. While he was praying, he said to God “What do you want from me?  What will become of me?”

(Enter Mary)

Suddenly, Mary appeared to him. In her hands she held 2 crowns, a red one and a white one.  Mary said “Choose your crown.  The red one is martyrdom, meaning you will die for your faith.  The white one is purity, meaning you will be celibate.”

Maximilian said “Celebrate? I like celebrating!” 

Mary shook her head. "Not celebrate. Celibate. It means you'll never get married."

Maximillian said "Oh. So either never get married or die for my faith. Tough choice. Can't I have both?'

Mary smiled, and placed both crowns on Maximillians head.

(Exit Mary, enter Free Masons)

When Maximilian grew up, he became a priest. He gave his pastoral blessing to the audience.

 One day in Rome he saw a protest by Free Masons. Free Masons were a group of men who hated the Catholic Church. They raised banners at the Vatican that mocked the Church. They made moose antlers with their hands and said "Nanana booboo. The church is weak and nasty!"

Maximilian said “We need to create our own little army that fights for the Church!”

(Exit Freemasons)

So when he got back to Poland, he started a magazine to get Catholic information and ideas out. 

Maximillian declared "I will call my magazine Rycerz Niepokalanej!"

The audience yelled "What?"

Maximillian repeated "Rycerz Niepokalanej!"

The audience yelled "What?"

Maximillian shook his head and said "It's Polish for "The Knight of the Immaculata""

The audience nodded and said "Oh!"

But some audience members said "I still don't know what that means.

(Enter Nazis, Jews, Priests)

But those were the days of the rise of the Nazis. The audience booed. Nazi soldiers marched around stiff legged, doing the Hitler salute, and yelling at people in German. They invaded Poland. 

The Jews and Priests were terrified. They trembled and hugged each other.

Maximilian wrote an article in his newspaper that said “Nazis are bad guys. Go back to Germany.” 

So the Nazis arrested him, along with many Jews and other priests, and sent them to a concentration camp.

(Enter escaping prisoner and crying prisoner)

In the death camp, the Jews, priests, Maximilian and the other prisoners had to work very hard, while the Nazis bossed them around. They knew that eventually they would be killed. 

One of the prisoners managed to escape while the Nazis weren't looking. 

(Escaping prisoner leave stage like secret agent)

 The Nazis made the prisoners stand in front of them, and said “Because one prisoner escaped, 10 of you will be starved to death.” Then he counted off 10 prisoners, not including Maximilian, and said “Follow me.”

One of the prisoners began to cry, and said “Please, not me! I have a wife and kids!”

Maximilian stepped forward and said “Pick me instead. I’m a priest, I don’t have a wife.”

So the Nazi said “Fine.” 

(Crying prisoner leave the stage)

The selected prisoners were locked into a room, where they were given no food or water. Maximilian led them in singing praise songs to God, like "My Lighthouse" and "Jesus loves me this I know".  

One by one they died. Last of all, Maximilian was still alive, so the Nazi said “We need this room. Since you are taking too long to die, we will have to inject you with carbolic acid.” 

So Maximilian was given the needle and he died. 

Maximilian Kolbe-  pray for us.