Cougar Studios presents
The Kolbe MaxQuarterly
The Kolbe Max Quarterly is the school's newsletter from Cougar Studios: the stories, scores, dates and faces of a quarter at Kolbe Cathedral. Read it here page by page, or download the PDF to print or share.
Fall 2026Vol. 1 · No. 1Premiere issue16 pages
Fall 2026
Inside this issue.
- Page 06Now OpenThe Gillis Literacy CenterA new home for reading opens on campusOpen page 6
- Page 08Kolbe at 50A record-breaking night of givingThe 50th Gala and the Birthday BashOpen page 8
- Page 10AthleticsFall honors and a 4–0 statement winAll-SWC picks, plus soccer's first win over Notre Dame Prep since 2013Open page 10
- Page 14Kolbe ConnectBob Scinto on being likableOur new Speaker Series opensOpen page 14
- Page 15AdmissionsApplications open for the Class of 2031Tours, Shadow Days, and how to applyOpen page 15
Read online
The Fall 2026 issue.
16 pages, page by page. For print or sharing, the PDF has the whole issue.
Our name
Why we call it The Max.
Every school paper needs a name. Ours comes from the saint whose name is on our school. St. Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan friar who believed the press could carry the Gospel to ordinary people. In 1922 he launched a monthly magazine, the Knight of the Immaculata. Five years later he founded Niepokalanów, a friary outside Warsaw that grew into a major Catholic publishing center, and in 1938 it went on the air with its own radio station.
In 1941, as a prisoner at Auschwitz, he volunteered to die in the place of a man he did not know, a husband and father. The Church canonized him in 1982 and honors him as a patron of journalists, families, and prisoners.
So The Kolbe Max carries his name and his standard: tell the truth, tell it well, and use it to bring people together.
More about our patron on the Faith page.
His media life
- 1922Launches the Knight of the Immaculata, a monthly magazine
- 1927Founds Niepokalanów, a friary and publishing center near Warsaw
- 1938Radio Niepokalanów goes on the air
- 1941Gives his life at Auschwitz in place of another prisoner, August 14
- 1982Canonized by Pope John Paul II, October 10
Cougar Studios
Kolbe is live on every screen.
This fall Kolbe launched Cougar Studios, the name for everything our school creates: the new kolbecaths.org, our Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok accounts, and this newsletter. Student hosts, filmmakers, and writers are joining the crew, so expect event recaps, student-run videos, and school news as it happens.
Students: want in?
Hosting, filming, photography, writing, and design. See Mr. Norman to join Cougar Studios.
Every issue
The archive.
Fall 2026 is the premiere issue. Every issue stays here, online and as a PDF.