The vision and teaching of St. Maximilian Kolbe

Driven by concerns for the salvation of souls, St. Maximilian led an active struggle against the enemies of the Catholic Church. He knew that God foretold by one person that they bruise Satan’s head, will defeat him. He had promised only one woman to overcome all heresies all over the world. Only the blessed Virgin Mary leads successfully to secure victory.

The statutes of the MI show the nature of this struggle in the first sentence: “She will crush your head.” This fight is due to the unique, irrevocable enmity between heaven and hell. Since the Immaculate is in this fight, even their knights and servants must fight. Therefore, St.Maximilian gave his organization the name of war, army. It was this spirit of struggle and of the apostolate which in the first half of the 20th century attracted millions of people worldwide to unite in the MI under the banner of the Immaculate.

Relevance of MI today

The founder of MI had no doubt that the false doctrines and false religions are a deadly poison for souls, because they pretend people a false aim of life, deform logical thinking and separate them from the source of grace.
The knights, who have given themselves to the Immaculate, should radiate as a tool in their hands the spirit of the Immaculate and all possible means to apply for the conversion of sinners.
A battle force under the banner of the Immaculate Conception for the true faith, the Catholic Church and the salvation of souls is still more necessary than at the time of the founding of the MI about 100 years ago. The legacy of St. Maximilian – which was also redesigned after the Council – to revive the MI in the Fraternity of St. Pius X in their original spirit was founded in 2000.

The specific character of consecration to the Immaculate

Is it still necessary to make a further consecration to Mary, if you already have completed the whole devotion of St. Louis Mary?
The complete dedication is about the renewal of the baptismal vows and the personal relationship between the soul and Mary. It is a devotion of the servant to the mistress and mother. The personal sanctification is in the foreground. This consecration is doubtless the foundation of Marian spirituality.

The consecration to the Immaculate by St. Maximilian could be described as a renewal of the firm promise. The future knight is back as a tool for his queen. The aim of this devotion is the triumph of Mary over the snake and all heresies. The knight uses all his power that his queen reigns in all souls, especially in the “apostate and lukewarm souls”. The final aim is to “spread the mild kingdom of the sacred heart. Where you enter as you pray intensively for the grace of conversion and sanctification, because all the graces from the sacred heart of Jesus come to us only through her hands” (consecration formula).

Recommendation of the Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X.

In February 2002, the Superior General Bishop Fellay wrote in a letter to the members of the Fraternity: “I can only invite you to take care of this wonderful and very apostolic initiative in order to spread it. We see in it a perfect match with Fatima on one hand and on the other hand with that pious devotion that demand our statutes of us against the blessed Virgin Mary.”

So, do you feel addressed by this call of the Immaculate?

Please consider before God and the Immaculate whether the consecration to the Immaculate and the fight as a knight of the MI for you – under the banner of the Immaculate – is the God ordained way to answer this call. Of course it involves a purely spiritual conflict which the Apostle Paul has already described: “Put on the armor of God, so that you can withstand the wiles of the devil, our fight is not even flesh and blood, but principalities and powers, the dark world rulers and the evil spirits in the sky heights.” (Eph 6:11-12). The membership of the MI is therefore open to men and women.

If interested, please contact your local priest or us directly.

Even if you are considering to set up together with others a MI group (MI 2), we are happy to support you.

Mary defeated the dragon
– with the cross

The original edition of
“The Knight of the Immaculate”
by St. Maximilian

The narrow and the broad road

The earthly life is something different than most people think. No boring or comfortable stroll through the world:
It’s about God or the devil!
The fate of the soul, as a country, is usually decided at the border. We need to build strong fortresses at the frontier. We must carefully guard the senses, the entrance gates of the soul. We need to set up sentries, praying sentries everywhere. We cannot be too far out venturing on the enemy’s territory. The next opportunity to avoid all fields! No concessions, no compromises! No playing with the snake! This is Our Lady’s tactic. She should be our exemplary in private life as in politics. The small concessions and indiscretions on the border very often decide the outcome of the war.
The woman, who breaks the head of the snake, with the child, must also wake up the Catholic offensive spirit in us. We must drive out the devil from the occupied territory.
Monsignor Robert Mäder (+1945)