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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.

Father Steffener, a beloved fixture at Westminster parish, dies at 91

April 20, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Gerard James Steffener died April 13 at BridgingLife Dove House in Westminster. He was 91.

S.S.N.D. general superior says order’s ministry remains strong despite declining numbers

April 12, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, War in Ukraine

While their numbers may be fewer, the School Sisters of Notre Dame are providing vital ministry around the world, according to Sister Roxanne Schares, Rome-based general superior of the S.S.N.D. religious community.

Seminarians evangelize Towson University

April 5, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Colleges, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

Eighteen seminarians from Mount St. Mary’s were on Towson University’s campus Feb. 27 to March 1 at the invitation of the university’s Catholic campus ministry based at the Newman Center. With permission from the secular university, they had opportunities for faith sharing not only with Catholic students, but also with students of many different religions – and of no religion at all.

Sulpician Father Peter Gray’s art deepens faith

March 31, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News

For Father Gray, art is his full-time ministry. He spends hours a day working on a paint-splattered kitchen table to create sacred and secular art.

1,000 Catholics gather at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen to pray for peace in Ukraine

March 26, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Video, War in Ukraine

As Archbishop William E. Lori solemnly consecrated Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Maya Lancaster stood with 1,000 others – all focused on an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary holding a rosary displayed in the cathedral’s sanctuary.

Archdiocese of Baltimore community rallies in support of Ukraine

March 24, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, War in Ukraine

As Father Vasyl Sivinskyi swung open the metal gates of East Baltimore’s St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church on a misty March 17 morning, Mary Ellen Beaty-O’Ferrall was already waiting for him with four large boxes.

Major leaguer makes amends after smashing ball into pastor’s car

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

Driving along Putty Hill Avenue in Towson Feb. 17 on his way to buy some multivitamins, the pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Baynesville heard a loud crash and saw pieces of an outdoor mirror fly up onto his windshield and then off his Honda CR-V.

51 years overdue, three books returned to Loyola-Notre Dame Library

March 2, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Books, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News

Danielle Whren Johnson, a Loyola-Notre Dame librarian, said books that were checked out 51 years ago were recently returned in a bin at a public library and then forwarded to Loyola-Notre Dame Library.

As Ukrainian Americans fear for loved ones in war, Archbishop Lori offers solidarity

February 27, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, War in Ukraine

Archbishop William E. Lori offered solidarity with the Ukrainian community, greeting parishioners prior to morning worship and listening to harrowing stories of family members besieged in Ukraine. He strongly condemned the invasion.

Deacon George Evans, one of the first permanent deacons in the U.S., dies at 88

February 25, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Deacon George Evans Sr., one of the first permanent deacons ordained in the United States and the last surviving member of the first class of permanent deacons from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Feb. 18. He was 88.

Pioneering Baltimorean was nation’s first Black woman to receive an officer’s commission in the Air Force

February 24, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Schools

Ortega made history by becoming the nation’s first African American woman directly commissioned as a U.S. Air Force officer.

El Padre John Lavin, líder pionero en el ministerio hispano, muere a los 80 años

February 15, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: En Español

In English El Padre Redentorista John P. Lavin, un líder pionero del Ministerio Hispano de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore y expárroco de la Comunidad Católica de San Miguel y San Patricio en Fells Point, murió el 12 de febrero en Stella Maris en Timonium. El sacerdote tenía 80 años. El originario de Boston llegó a […]

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