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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.

Notre Dame of Maryland University going online-only for most classes in fall

August 7, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

One day after Loyola University Maryland announced that its undergraduate classes and most graduate classes would be online-only in the fall, neighboring Notre Dame of Maryland University is also transitioning to almost exclusive remote learning for the coming semester.

Loyola University Maryland to hold fall classes online

August 7, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

Citing growing threats from the coronavirus pandemic, Loyola University Maryland announced Aug. 6 that instruction for undergraduate students will be offered only online for the fall semester. Graduate programs will also be offered mostly online.

Mount St. Joseph alum killed in crash remembered as a ‘pure soul’

August 4, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

“I grieve when I think of the lost potential for Isaac’s earthly life, in his desire to pursue art, philosophy and theology, but above all in his potential to serve others,” Father Scharbach said, adding that Isaac also had a “seemingly irreplaceable role in our family, where he served as the primary balm who could soften, inspire and encourage each of us.”

Amidst charges of racism against Flannery O’Connor, Loyola University Maryland renames residence hall

July 28, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

“A residence hall is supposed to be the students’ home,” Father Linnane said. “If some of the students who live in that building find it to be unwelcoming and unsettling (to have it named for Flannery O’Connor), that has to be taken seriously.”

Catholic faith shapes Phil Klay and bestselling war author’s writing

June 23, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Afghanistan, Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, World News

“I think a Catholic worldview inflects how I think about sin, about fallibility, about ritual and community and suffering, about being a physical body in the world, but also about being more than mere matter,” Phil Klay said.

Pope names Bishop Rozanski, Baltimore native, as Archbishop of St. Louis

June 10, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Feature, Local News, News

Pope Francis has named Baltimore native Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of the Diocese of Springfield, Mass., as the 10th archbishop of St. Louis.

Remembering Father Hull

June 4, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Coronavirus, The Narthex

Father Hull was an immense storehouse of knowledge and sharp as a tack even as he pushed 100.

Father John Kemper, restorer of historic St. Mary’s Seminary Chapel, dies at 62

May 28, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sulpician Father John Kemper, the driving force behind the restoration of the historic St. Mary’s Seminary Chapel on Paca Street in Baltimore and a former superior for his religious society’s Province of the United States, died May 21 after an 18-month battle with esophageal cancer.

Father John Worgul, a priest of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, will lead Sykesville parish

May 21, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

Archbishop William E. Lori has appointed a priest of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter as pastor of St. Joseph in Sykesville.

Archdiocese of Baltimore develops plans for reopening

April 30, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Coronavirus, Local News, News, Uncategorized

Anticipating the day when the functions of the church can be reopened to the public in a gradual way that protects the health of the general population, leaders of the Archdiocese of Baltimore are developing post-quarantine guidelines and protocols regarding liturgy, the sacraments and related concerns.

Archbishop Lori to offer consecration prayers entrusting United States to Mary

April 28, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

Archbishop Lori’s consecration prayers will be streamed from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland at 3 p.m. on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Facebook page and its online Mass page

Franciscan Center triples the amount of people it feeds during pandemic

April 22, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

The Franciscan Center in Baltimore has more than tripled the number of people it feeds during the coronavirus pandemic and expects those numbers to keep climbing as more people experiencing poverty or homelessness struggle with access to food.

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