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.

Archdiocese of Baltimore welcomes 11 new seminarians

December 2, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

There are 11 new seminarians preparing to become priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, bringing the total number of seminarians to 54.

Párroco herido durante robo perdona a agresores, les pide dejar el crimen

November 23, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español

Tres días después de que lo golpearan con una pistola durante un robo, el párroco de la parroquia San Leo Magno en el barrio Pequeña Italia de Baltimore dijo que se sintió sorprendido por el apoyo de su parroquia y la comunidad en general mientras se recuperaba de sus heridas y dice que necesita tiempo para aceptar lo que sucedió.

Iniciativa de extensión parroquial de Camina con madres necesitadas

November 23, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español

Erin Younkins, directora de la Oficina de Vida, Justicia y Paz del Instituto de Evangelización de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore, dijo que hay 45 parroquias de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore que ya participan activamente con la campaña Camina con madres necesitadas.

Parish-based outreach walks with moms in need

November 23, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

Erin Younkins, director of the Office of Life, Justice and Peace in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Institute for Evangelization, said 45 parishes in the Baltimore archdiocese are already active in Walking with Moms in Need.

‘Enough is enough’ rally challenges bishops to ‘see the light’

November 16, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021

As more than 200 U.S. bishops met Nov. 16 at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront hotel for the annual fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a series of speakers castigated them from across the street at a waterfront pavilion during a rally sponsored by St. Michael’s Media, a conservative media organization.

Men from around the country pray for end to abortion as bishops meet in Baltimore

November 15, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021

The marchers walked 1.6 miles from the abortion clinic to the Baltimore Renaissance Hotel, where they prayed the rosary outside the hotel in which U.S. bishops are meeting Nov. 15-18 for their fall general assembly.

Pastor of St. Leo pistol-whipped during robbery

November 15, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

Three days after he was pistol-whipped and robbed, the pastor of St. Leo the Great in Little Italy said he has been overwhelmed by support from his parish and the wider community as he heals from his injuries and takes time to come to terms with what happened.

From slave to portraiture artist

November 8, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

Johnson is an important figure in early federal and late colonial American portraiture art, Fulco said, whose story shows the increasing contributions of African Americans to American society in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Beauty born of pain: Black Catholic artist sees art as means of healing

November 1, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

For Scott, art is a way to cope with the challenges of life. In his hands, the medium of clay becomes an instrument of healing.

Former Harford County priest pleads guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor

October 6, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News

Fernando Cristancho, a former priest assigned to St. Ignatius, Hickory, in Forest Hill, pleaded guilty Oct. 4 to coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, according to an Oct. 5 news release from the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office. Cristancho met the victim through the parish. He also admitted that he produced nude images of four other minor victims.

Loyola University Maryland opens $40 million ‘new front door’ to Evergreen campus

September 30, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News

“This building is a physical manifestation of having different disciplines come together,” Sawyer said.

Rosary Congress to kick off with 4.7-mile walk in Baltimore

September 23, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News

This year’s annual Rosary Congress will kick off with a walking pilgrimage from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to the Baltimore Basilica on Oct. 2.