Parishioner Testimonials
“I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.” - Mother Teresa of Calcutta
God’s Little Reminders
By Sarah and Matt Lewis
When we first sat down to write about our marriage, we couldn’t help but chuckle- what do we know about marriage?
A Faith Spanning Between Countries
By Evelyn Cullen
In July of 2018, 2-3 days after Fr. Jim arrived in the parish, he was scheduled to visit my husband who had Alzheimer’s Disease…
A Family of Support
By an Anonymous St. Max Parishioner
Our family has attended St. Max since the mid-1990s. In the beginning, our homeschooling family met with many other homeschoolers from the eastern Butler County area at St Max for social, academic, and religious activities…
A Family of Faith
By Zach and Amanda Hinger
Our family’s relationship to St. Max has been a constant thread that has tied together the most important parts of our lives both individually and as a family…
To the God Who Makes My Youth Happy
By Matthew Bare
Hello, my name is Matthew Bare, and I have been a parishioner at St. Max my whole life…
Journey to the Heart of Jesus
By an Anonymous St. Max Parishioner
I’ve been a parishioner at St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish for about 4 years. I’m so grateful for the consistent and persistent opportunities to learn about my faith and grow in it…
The Poverty Within Ourselves
By Nathan Forsthoefel
I stepped off the train in northern Virginia after traveling back north from Focus missionary training in Ave Maria Florida…
We are Precious in His Sight
By Cindy Muron
Four years ago I met a young 38 year old man named Ryan in the hospital, where I was working as a palliative care nurse…
The Baby We Never Met
By The Brunsman Family
One of the most beautiful ways God manifested Himself to us was on June 1, 2023, at the burial of our precious baby, Karol, at Gate of Heaven Cemetery…
The Greatest Destination
By Debbie Lackey
My name is Debbie Lackey and I am the mother of two adult sons, Jeremy and Tyler. My oldest son, Jeremy, had started in his RCIA program in 2021…
Little Angels
By Abigail & Michael Bambrick
When I first got pregnant in 2014, I had just turned 30 and still wasn’t sure if I ever wanted kids…
“This is my plan for you. Unite your suffering with Me.”
By An Anonymous St. Max Family
These are words I felt God speaking to me in the midst of the pandemic, pregnant with my second child, and undergoing another Hyperemisis Gravidarum pregnancy…
The Power of His Presence
By Sean Castillo
My name is Sean Castillo. I am currently a freshman seminarian at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. My faith growing up was largely just the faith of my parents…
Matthew Conner’s Journey
It only takes a short conversation with Matthew Conner to see why he feels called to join the priesthood, specifically with Companions of the Cross…
What’s your story?
If you feel called to share your personal encounter of Christ, we would love to share it with our parish family! Your witness, by name or anonymously, could touch others at all stages in life. To learn more about this opportunity, please contact communications@saint-max.org.