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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.

Catholics remember, mourn victims killed in Capital Gazette shootings

June 29, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, Local News, News

“We pray for the eternal rest of those who died,” Archbishop Lori said. “We also pray for their families, friends and colleagues in journalism who mourn their loss.”

National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes in Emmitsburg shares vision for growth

June 29, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized

The National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes in Emmitsburg has a vision for expansion that would include a new church and prayer pathway.

Baltimore’s crisis pregnancy centers will not be forced to post government-mandated signs

June 28, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, World News

“I am reminded of a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that ‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,’” Archbishop Lori said.

Archbishop Lori praises Supreme Court ruling on pregnancy centers

June 26, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, World News

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 June 26 that a California law that placed requirements on crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion violated the First Amendment.

Are you called? Signs of a religious vocation come in various forms

June 12, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

Sister Lourdes Marie Miranda, vocations director for the Little Sisters of the Poor, points to signs of a religious vocation.

June is devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

June 8, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

How much do you know about devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus?

Cardinal Turkson to celebrate Mass at Baltimore Basilica

June 6, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, will celebrate the 5:30 p.m. Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore June 16.

Nun who served in Baltimore believed murdered by nephew

May 1, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools

Sister Angela Miller, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary who served six years in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, is believed to have died in an April 28 fire set at her home in Scranton, Pa., by her nephew, Alan Smith.

Remembering a Baltimore priest’s ordeal at Dachau

April 29, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Blog, Feature, The Narthex

The Polish priest told the Review that the wood strips in the windows separating the glass panes at Dachau seemed like crosses. Every time he looked out a window, he was reminded of the sign of redemption.

My moo-ving experience with some cows

April 25, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex

Has your car ever been rocked back and forth by vigorous bovine tongues? Mine has. Here’s the story.

Imprisoned clergy of Dachau remembered for fearless faith

April 23, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

More than 2,500 Catholic priests, brothers and seminarians were imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp, with more than 1,000 of them dying there.

Holy Rosary offers encounter with God’s love on Divine Mercy Sunday

April 9, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Local News, News, Video

“It’s just so amazing and so beautiful seeing so many people taking advantage of the graces of this day,” said Elissa Voss.

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