Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Patron Saint of Ham Radio?

Well, sort of. Learned about Fr Maximilian Kolbe from Jerry G. Taylor's (KDØBIK_tmp_amn_pic_31_5_2) Practical Amateur Radio Podcast v54.5.


Listen to Jerry Taylor’s Podcast _tmp_amn_pic_34_11_1

c0 Fr Maximilian Kolbe as a prisoner in Auschwitzc0 Fr Maximilian Kolbe 1939c0 QST Amateur Radio magazine cover from 1942

Who was Saint Kolbe?

"Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe OFM Conv ... was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi German concentration camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II." Wikipedia _tmp_amn_pic_31_5_2

However, although Fr Kolbe held an amateur radio license (SP3RN ), and is regarded as the patron saint of amateur radio, I couldn't find anything official confirming it. Then again, I'm not Catholic, so maybe patronship (if that's what you call it) is not a formal part of beatification.

c0 Jesus toastKinda cool if it is, but probably just frilly details folks add for laminated bookmarks and such, if the Catholics are anything like the Baptists, and down deep, I think we are a lot alike, in good ways and bad.

 

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Started: 2012-04-13
Posted by Angel2ndClass at 4/17/2012 07:38:00 AM

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