George P. Matysek Jr.

George Matysek, a member of the Catholic Review staff since 1997, is managing editor of Catholic Review Media. He oversees news coverage of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and is a host of Catholic Review Radio.

George has won more than 150 national and regional journalism and broadcasting awards from the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association, the Catholic Media Association, the Associated Church Press and National Right to Life. The Catholic Media Association named him both Editor of the Year and Podcaster of the Year in 2024. He has reported from Guyana, Guatemala, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.

A native Baltimorean, George is a graduate of Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in Essex. He holds a bachelor's degree from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and a master's degree from UMBC. George, his wife and six children live in Rodgers Forge. He is a parishioner of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

Rock-solid plans: Cockeysville church set to begin $6.5 million restoration

December 1, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News

More than 160 years after Irish and Italian immigrants extracted marble from a local quarry and used it to construct St. Joseph Church in the Texas enclave of Baltimore County, parish leaders are following in their founding parishioners’ footsteps.

Men encouraged to stand up for the sanctity of life

November 14, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022

Havens urged men to repent for any role they may have played in promoting abortion and for not standing up against abortion. He said they must resolve to do more so that a day will come when abortion is “illegal in law and unthinkable in culture, so that nobody would even consider it.”

All Saints Sisters of the Poor celebrate 150th anniversary of arrival in Baltimore

November 8, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Local News, News, Vocations

The All Saints Sisters of the Poor have carried out a wide array of surprisingly diverse ministries over the course of their 150 years in Baltimore.

Worth more than a thousand words

November 3, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Health Care, Local News, News

Art has symbolic value, therapist Rita Singer said, and can help get at feelings and concerns that can’t always be expressed in words.

‘Moo like a cow’

October 20, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Feature

There is beauty and power in proclaiming our beliefs together in community worship.

Parishioners give input on ‘Seek the City’ initiative

October 19, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come

Addressing more than 150 people who gathered Oct. 17 at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore for the first of 18 prayerful community discussions planned for the next two years, the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s urban vicar said the church can’t maintain the status quo and expect any change for the better.

Terrence Sawyer installed as Loyola University Maryland’s 25th president

October 12, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News

The love and goodwill for Loyola University Maryland’s new president was palpable during Terrence M. Sawyer’s Oct. 12 inauguration as the 25th leader of Baltimore’s Jesuit university.

Number of Baltimore seminarians hits four-decade high

October 6, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

Ranging in age from 18 to their mid-40s, the total number of those preparing to become priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore stands at 59 – a high not seen in four decades.

Garrett County parish honors lost innocent life

September 30, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

The westernmost corner of the Archdiocese of Baltimore now has a prominent monument to lost innocent life thanks to parishioners of Garrett County’s St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland.

Bullseye: Men fling axes in Anne Arundel County to step up faith

September 26, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News

Bob Uhl was one of more than 70 men from Our Lady of the Chesapeake and St. Jane Frances de Chantal in Riviera Beach who gathered for a night of axe throwing and log splitting Sept. 24 at St. Jane Frances.

Practicing Catholics who were never confirmed to receive sacrament at basilica

September 21, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

Archbishop William E. Lori will administer the sacrament of confirmation Oct. 23 to approximately 50 baptized, practicing Catholics who have never received the sacrament.

Catholic High launches all-girls marching band

September 9, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Zachary Davis is leading a 20-member marching band at The Catholic High School of Baltimore that includes some students who are just learning to play instruments.