Saint Maximilian Kolbe for Kids | Love that refuses indifference
Remember Saint Maximilian Kolbe's publishing, missionary work, and extraordinary charity toward another prisoner at Auschwitz.
The free resources center on compassion and safe generosity, with adult guidance for the difficult wartime events in the video.
Available free on YouTube since August 12, 2025. Watch the complete video above. Runtime: 4:49. Suggested ages: about 7–11.
Free teaching resources
Use these printable materials at home, in a Catholic classroom, in homeschool, or in parish religious education. The complete four-page packet includes a two-page leader guide with discussion questions, answer cues, an activity, prayer, and teaching notes, plus two student response options. Choose Draw & Tell or Read & Write to suit the child. PDFs are US Letter and suitable for black-and-white printing.
Talk about it together
How did Father Maximilian share faith before imprisonment?
How did he care for people in the camp?
Did his love make the guards' cruelty acceptable?
What can you safely give to help someone?
Time for another person
Draw a small clock. Around it name three safe ways to give time: listen, help, or include. Choose one person and an adult-approved action to practice this week.
A note for parents and teachers
Includes imprisonment, starvation, and death in Auschwitz. Preview before sharing and avoid asking children to imagine offering their own lives; activities focus on safe care.
The two crowns are a devotional account, and childhood dialogue is dramatized. Kolbe's extraordinary free act must not be used to pressure children into self-endangerment. Do not reenact the camp. Describe Auschwitz as a site of Nazi persecution and mass murder with age-appropriate care.
Pray together
Jesus, help us notice people who need care. Give us generous hearts and protect those facing cruelty. Saint Maximilian, pray for us. Amen.
Learn more
Original video release: August 12, 2025. Website article and teaching resources added October 3, 2026.
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