Future

St. Maximilian Kolbe

What I Would Build Today

I am asked, occasionally, what Niepokalanow would look like if I built it today. The question is hypothetical, but I find it useful because it forces me to separate the principles from the particular technologies, and the principles are what matter.

At Niepokalanow, we had a printing press, a radio station, and plans for a film studio and an airstrip. These were the most advanced communication technologies available in the 1930s, and we adopted them because they allowed us to reach the most people with the most efficiency.

Technology