Article: St. Maximilian Kolbe apostolate. (Lay Movements XX).

The apostolate was founded in Rome in 1917 by the saint who started his Militia Immaculata (MI) to foster devotion to Mary Immaculate. In Canada the movement was started in Toronto by Msgr. Ralph Egan (1901-97) who had a long-time personal apostolate of giving away Catholic literature, mindful of the words of St. Maximilian: "The earth needs to be flooded by a mighty deluge of Catholic and Marian literature to drown out the voices of error."

In 1992, when he was over 90, Msgr. Egan started St. Maximilian Kolbe Apostolate of the Printed Word with the help of two lay persons, Johnny Biafore and Lani Bolo, and the Christian Brother Ernest Gauthier, F.S.C. At first ...

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