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Stardate 5.12.11Nothing new to report. Marcon is coming up May 26, 27, 28, 29. Our next Meeting will be at the Japanese Steakhouse for dinner along with the Fishnet Mafia May 26, immediately following bag stuffing. We will have a table at Marcon.The Maxolympics will be June 11 at noon at Whetstone Park of Roses. Bring a dish to share.
Stardate 5.26.11Monthly MeetingJapanese SteakhouseDowntown8pmStardate 5.27.11MarconStardate 6.11.11Maxolympics
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A FEW WORDS about US
The History of the Mighty Max
The Story of Maximillian Kolbe
The USS Maximillian was established in May of 1992 by Captain Robert S. Lyon and Commander Gregory A. Dunn in Marion, Ohio. During Lyon's two year term as commanding officer, the ship's groundwork was established with an initial compliment of a dozen crewmembers. Despite Marion's relatively small population and lack of resources, the ship maintained a decent activity program for Star Trek fans in the area.In May of 1994 Lyon was forced to step down from Command due to academic obligations.The Original crew appointed Lyon as their founding Admiral, and Captain Matt Morris was given command. Under Morris's administration the Max was moved to Columbus, Ohio where it began to grow and prosper. The elaborate award system was put into place at this time to recognize members for their dedication to the ship and community.In March of 1998 Captain Terry McPherson was elected to the center seat. McPherson was forced to step down due to health concerns in March of 1999, and Captain Elaine Jackson then assumed Command of the ship through February 2000. In March of 2000 Sidley Howard was elected Captain of the Max and served until February of 2002, when Captain Charles Connor was elected, choosing to step aside in February of 2004.Captain Chris Stephenson commanded a ship of over three dozen members when he was sworn in. There were almost 70 members when he ended his 2nd term of office in February 2008.Following Captain CJ Biro, Michael Stanley was elected into command, but as of January 2011 had to step down for medical reasons. Captain Richard Watson assumes command.
(Reprinted with Permission from http://www.catholicforum.com/saints/saintm01.htm The Maximillian is not afflilated with any religious or political group.)Second of three sons born to a poor but pious Catholic family in Russian occupied Poland. His parents, both Franciscan lay tertiaries, worked at home as weavers. His father, Julius, later ran a religious book store, then enlisted in the army of Pilsudski, fought for Polish independence from Russia, and was hanged by the Russians as a traitor in 1914. His mother, Marianne Dabrowska, later became a Benedictine nun. His brother Alphonse became a priest.Raymond was known as a mischievous child, sometimes considered wild, and a trial to his parents. However, in 1906 at Pabianice, at age twelve and around the time of his first Communion, he received a vision of the Virgin Mary that changed his life.I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both. - Saint Maximilian He entered the Franciscan junior seminary in Lwow, Poland in 1907 where he excelled in mathematics and physics. For a while he wanted to abandon the priesthood for the military, but eventually relented to the call to religious life, and on 4 September 1910 he became a novice in the Conventual Franciscan Order at age 16. He took the name Maximilian, made his first vows on 5 September 1911, his final vows on 1 November 1914.Studied philosophy at the Jesuit Gregorian College in Rome from 1912 to 1915, and theology at the Franciscan Collegio Serafico in Rome from 1915 to 1919. On 16 October 1917, while still in seminary, he and six friends founded the Immaculata Movement (Militia Immaculatae, Crusade of Mary Immaculate) devoted to the conversion of sinners, opposition to freemasonry (which was extremely anti-Catholic at the time), spread of the Miraculous Medal (which they wore as their habit), and devotion to Our Lady and the path to Christ. Stricken with tuberculosis which nearly killed him, and left him in frail in health the rest of his life. Ordained on 28 April 1918 in Rome at age 24. Received his Doctor of Theology on 22 July 1922; his insights into Marian theology echo today through their influence on Vatican II.Maximilian returned to Poland on 29 July 1919 to teach history in the Krakow seminary. He had to take a medical leave from 10 August 1920 to 28 April 1921 to be treated for tuberculosis at the hospital at Zakpane in the Tatra Mountains. In January 1922 he began publication of the magazine Knight of the Immaculate to fight religious apathy; by 1927 the magazine had a press run of 70,000 issues. He was forced to take another medical leave from 18 September 1926 to 13 April 1927, but the work continued. The friaries from which he had worked were not large enough for his work, and in 1927 Polish Prince Jan Drucko-Lubecki gave him land at Teresin near Warsaw. There he founded a new monastery of Niepokalanow, the City of the Immaculate which was consecrated on 8 December 1927. At its peak the Knight of the Immaculate had a press run of 750,000 copies a month. A junior seminary was started on the grounds in 1929. In 1935 the house began printing a daily Catholic newspaper, The Little Daily with a press run of 137,000 on work days, 225,000 on Sundays and holy days.Not content with his work in Poland, Maximilian and four brothers left for Japan in 1930. Within a month of their arrival, penniless and knowing no Japanese, Maximilian was printing a Japanese version of the Knight; the magazine, Seibo no Kishi grew to a circulation of 65,000 by 1936. In 1931 he founded a monastery in Nagasaki, Japan comparable to Niepokalanow. It survived the war, including the nuclear bombing, and serves today as a center of Franciscan work in Japan.In mid-1932 he left Japan for Malabar, India where he founded a third Niepokalanow house. However, due to a lack of manpower, it did not survive.Poor health forced him to curtail his missionary work and return to Poland in 1936. On 8 December 1938 the monastery started its own radio station. By 1939 the monastery housed a religious community of nearly 800 men, the largest in the world in its day, and was completely self-sufficient including medical facilities and a fire brigade staffed by the religious brothers.Arrested with several of his brothers on 19 September 1939 following the Nazi invasion of Poland. Others at the monastery were briefly exiled, but the prisoners were released on 8 December 1939, and the men returned to their work. Back at Niepokalanow he continued his priestly ministry, The brothers housed 3,000 Polish refugees, two-thirds of whom were Jewish, and continued their publication work, including materials considered anti-Nazi. For this work the presses were shut down, the congregation suppressed, the brothers dispersed, and Maximilian was imprisoned in Pawiak prison, Warsaw, Poland on 17 February 1941.On 28 May 1941 he was transferred to Auschwitz and branded as prisoner 16670. He was assigned to a special work group staffed by priests and supervised by especially vicious and abusive guards. His calm dedication to the faith brought him the worst jobs available, and more beatings than anyone else. At one point he was beaten, lashed, and left for dead. The prisoners managed to smuggle him into the camp hospital where he spent his recovery time hearing confessions. When he returned to the camp, Maximilian ministered to other prisoners, including conducting Mass and delivering communion using smuggled bread and wine.In July 1941 there was an escape from the camp. Camp protocol, designed to make the prisoners guard each other, required that ten men be slaughtered in retribution for each escaped prisoner. Francis Gajowniczek, a married man with young children was chosen to die for the escape. Maximilian volunteered to take his place, and died as he had always wished - in service.
The U.S.S. Maximillian is a Central Ohio Science-Fiction Fan association, and the largest independent vessel in the area. In existence for over 15 years, the Maximillian continues to boldly go where no fan club has gone before, bringing a unique mix of fellowship, fun, group outings and charity. We meet on the second Saturday of every month at various libraries throughout central Ohio.If you are a fan of any form of sci-fi, you have a place on the Maximillian. Though our members are as varied as their backgrounds, walks of life, interests and talents, Science Fiction is what brings them together.Outside of the monthly meetings, the Maximillian provides an activity program which allows it's members to have fun, help the community, and develop lasting friendships. These activities include attending, and in many cases, working Star Trek and SF conventions throughout the area, seeing movies as a group, museum trips, community service, picnics, trips to amusement parks, and even outdoor activities such as canoeing and camping. In other words, the Maximillian is limited only by the imaginations of it's members.The Maximillian organizational structure is similar to that of a Sovereign class starship in the fictional universe depicted in Star Trek. Our members hold fictional positions within the organization and earn fictional rank to denote their time as members as well as their level of activity. In addition an elaborate awards program has been developed to recognize our members for their achievements and activity. What you put into the organization is what you get out of it. Our main objectives are to help the community be a better place to live and make lasting friendships, and most importantly, to have fun.
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MAXIMILLIAN MARCON SKITSThe Chase Winner - Best presentation Marcon 2002HP-Ohio Skit (Co-Starring Maximillian Members) Marcon 2005Costume Presentation by Jacky Roach Marcon 2005A Day in the Life of the Mighty Max Marcon 2006Waiting for Critch Winner Best in Class: Novice and Audience Choice Marcon 2008The Maximillian receives their awards in the Awards Ceremony Marcon 2008CARDBOARD TUBE SAMURAIThe Cardboard Tube Samurai, very loosely based on characters in the "Penny Arcade" online comic, has become a Marcon Masquerade tradition. The skits have ranged fromgrand epic fantasy to parodies to satiric looks at fandom itself. Once mainly a Maximillian skit, it has since become a production of the Max's sister ship, the Julius the 2nd, to allow the Maximillian to release another skit. All the skits have been written and directed by Chris Stephenson, with ideas from Gregory Dunn and Steve Pompa, and narration by Charles Connor. The Samurai skits, while self-indulgent and not really focused around costumes, represent creativity and a drive to entertain. The main focus is on presentation. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but every year I'm asked to put together another one, and in every sketch the Samurai's name is met with cheers. So here we go again! - ChrisThe Cardboard Tube Samurai on the news - Star Wars Episode 3Cardboard Tube Samurai Part One : A Dark Time Marcon award winner 2003Cardboard Tube Samurai Part Two: The Return Marcon 2004Cardboard Tube Samurai Part Three: The Revenge Marcon 2005Samurai Deathmatch 9000 Marcon award winner 2007Sneak Peek Marcon 2008 Entry by the Julius the 2ndReboot Marcon 2009 Entry by the Julius the 2ndThe One, True Legend Marcon 2010 Entry by the 5-0-TubeMISC. MAX VIDEOSData Music Video by Babs, Squirrelly, and CritchChange of Command Ceremony 2004Random Meeting RecapSample of our August 2006 MeetingCamp Dover Peace Conference 2006 - Klingon Ceremony and IntrosFlag Ceremony and Behind the Trek Intro - Angle AOne minute of Quidditch: The Max vs. hp-ohioThe Ohio Quidditch League on the newsMaxolympics 2010 - Meeting Part 1 - Part 2 - QuidditchBehind the Trek: Behind the Scenes of the USS Maximillian (Full length Movie)
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