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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.

Prep course helps students improve high school placement test scores

September 5, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Students interested in applying to Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore can boost their chances of acceptance with the help of a new High School Placement Test preparatory course.

Trending upward: Enrollment in local Catholic schools continues to climb

August 29, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Schools

Total enrollment is expected to reach nearly 25,000 in archdiocesan and independent Catholic schools – an increase of approximately 530 students from the previous academic year.

Young adults from Archdiocese of Baltimore invited to experience local and international World Youth Day events

August 10, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023, Young Adult Ministry

Young adults from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore will have plenty of opportunities to experience next year’s World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal – both in person at the international gathering of young people and through a yearlong series of local pilgrimages that kicks off this month.

Diocesan respect-life leaders meet in Baltimore, look to support women in need

July 20, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

Approximately 50 pro-life leaders gathered in Baltimore July 18-20 for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Diocesan Pro-Life Leadership Conference, livestreamed for remote participants.

Actor is ‘transformed’ by portraying Father Tolton in theater production

July 8, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

After nearly 300 performances of “Tolton: From Slave to Priest,” actor Jim Coleman said his life has been transformed.

Baltimore’s strongman

July 5, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Arts & Culture, Commentary, Feature

Antone Matysek’s most-famous stunt, which he performed on the Vaudeville stage, was hoisting three men over his head with one arm as they pedaled vainly on a custom-made bicycle outfitted with added weights.

Father Ruane, known for empowering laity, retiring as pastor of Howard County parish

June 30, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations

“I’ve never wanted to be anything else but a parish priest,” said Father Ruane, 78. “I’ve enjoyed being with people during significant transitions in their lives – mostly through administering the sacraments, visiting the sick, preaching and teaching.”

Spotlighting four Archdiocese of Baltimore Distinctive Scholars

June 30, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

The Catholic Review spotlights four of Archdiocese of Baltimore’s distinctive scholars from the region’s 18 Catholic high schools.

Baltimore Basilica temporarily closes as precaution in wake of Supreme Court ruling

June 25, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore temporarily closed June 24 on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion

Leadership transition coming to Baltimore Basilica as Father Boric prepares to enter Carmelite hermitage

June 23, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

After much discernment and with the blessing of Archbishop William E. Lori, Father Boric will leave the archdiocese this summer to become a postulant with the Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

New leader for Office of Black Catholic Ministries brings background in social justice

June 20, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview, Social Justice

As Adrienne Curry prepares to take on a new role as director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Office of Black Catholic Ministries, she hopes to apply her extensive background in the social justice movement and her pastoral experience to support the Black Catholic community in Maryland.

Ordination of five priests is moment of ‘incredible joy’ for Archdiocese of Baltimore

June 18, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, New Priests 2022, News, Vocations

In a jubilant June 18 litugy, Archbishop William E. Lori ordained five men to the priesthood, including three from Cameroon.

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