The Founding of the MI Testimony of Don Alberto Arzilli, former Friar Minor Conventual and intimate companion of Father Kolbe. Letter of April 26, l942. It was translated from the original Italian by Fr. Since the early days of its existence the MI has spread over the whole world.
Members are in the millions.
They have given themselves totally to Mary to be used as her instruments in her hands for the salvation of souls. The Genesis of a luminous Idea. Maximilian Kolbe alone. In the meditation Fr. Ignudi told the story of Ratisbonne's miraculous conversion and commented on it.