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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 125 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.

Confirmation now set for 9-year-old children in Archdiocese of Baltimore

March 4, 2025
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments

Archbishop William E. Lori is lowering the standard age for confirmation in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to 9.

Tuition is competitive in Catholic high schools

February 24, 2025
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

The average tuition for Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore that charge traditional tuition was $19,098 in the 2024-25 academic year, an increase of 4.2 percent from last year’s expenses, according to the Catholic Review’s annual survey of nonpublic school tuition expenses.

Emmy award-winning journalist navigates path to success with help from Catholic education

January 28, 2025
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, Local News, News, Schools

Two-time Emmy-winning reporter Stephon Dingle credits the Catholic education he received at Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in Essex for helping shape him into the man he is today.

Archbishop Lori opens local Jubilee Year with Mass at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen

December 29, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, Local News, News

Just five days after Pope Francis opened the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and inaugurated a yearlong Jubilee of Hope, Archbishop William E. Lori welcomed the Holy Year locally with a Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Dec. 29.

Christmas silence

December 21, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Christmas, Commentary

Maybe silence, especially at a time of the year so filled with what the Grinch referred to as “NOISE, NOISE, NOISE” can be the way we can encounter Christ in a more meaningful way.

More than 1,500 venerate skull of St. Thomas Aquinas during Baltimore visit

December 19, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints, Video

More than 1,500 people venerated the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas at Ss. Philip and James in Homewood Dec. 17-18. The Dominican-led parish was the final stop of a tour sponsored by the Dominican Province of St. Joseph that included visits to 11 sites in seven states and the District of Columbia.

New York murder suspect hails from prominent Catholic Mangione family in Baltimore

December 10, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

Baltimore’s Catholic community and the Mangione family have been shaken by news that Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old grandson of Nicholas and Mary Mangione, was arrested Dec. 9 and charged with the Dec. 4 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Hopkins medical sculptor transforms lives, restores hope with facial prostheses

December 5, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Health Care, Local News, News

He’s worked with patients whose ears were bitten off in dog attacks. He’s seen people whose eyes or ears were lost in accidents or whose flesh was ravaged by aggressive cancers. And he’s helped others born without body parts or who suffered unimaginable gunshot wounds.

Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas coming to Baltimore for veneration

November 25, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints

The skull that believers say once held one of the greatest minds in the history of the Catholic Church is coming to Baltimore.

Corpus Christi embraces new mission of campus, marriage ministries

November 6, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Colleges, deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come

Corpus Christi’s status as an independent parish will soon change as the Bolton Hill faith community prepares to join with the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a combined parish seated at the basilica.

La ouija, cuya historia está profundamente arraigada en Baltimore, no es un juego inocente

October 29, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: En Español

Líderes católicos advierten que las tablas Ouija pueden causar un gran daño espiritual.

D-A-N-G-E-R: Ouija board, whose history is deeply rooted in Baltimore, isn’t innocent fun

October 15, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News

“The spiritual world is real,” Father Boric said. “When you use a Ouija board, you’re really opening yourself up to something very dangerous. You’re opening yourself up to the devil and his lesser angels – and they can really do harm, just as the good angels really do a tremendous amount of good.”

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