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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.

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.”

Monsignor James Hannon, known for pastoral outreach and planning, dies at 71

October 9, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate

Monsignor James W. Hannon, a former pastor and director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s clergy personnel office who was beloved for his pastoral presence to people, died Oct. 6.

Cathedral of Mary Our Queen undergoes dramatic lighting renovation

October 7, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

Father Louis Bianco, rector of Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, said the goal of the lighting project was to restore the original intent of the 1959 lighting design, which had cast warm light throughout the building.

Packed with punch: Clergy reflect on what goes into good preaching

September 18, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

Priests and deacons throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore take a wide variety of approaches to packing punch in their homilies. Some, including Father Murphy, sprinkle pop culture references into their messages. Others place the readings into historical context or explain how doctrinal or moral teachings apply in an increasingly secularized culture.

Dr. Donna Hargens, Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools superintendent, announces retirement

September 12, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Dr. Donna Hargens, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, announced Sept. 12 she will retire at the end of the school year, kicking off a national search for her replacement.

Maryland Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Child Victims Act

September 10, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, Maryland General Assembly, News

Arguing before the Maryland Supreme Court Sept. 10, an attorney representing the Archdiocese of Washington and an attorney representing the Key School in Annapolis called for justices to overturn the 2023 Child Victims Act as unconstitutional.

Archbishop Lori offers support to Emmitsburg parish devastated by rectory fire

August 31, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate

The archbishop wanted to be with parishioners, he said, “to offer Mass, to pray together, and assure you that the archdiocese will work collaboratively with you in the time ahead.”

Fire destroys rectory at St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg; one seriously injured

August 30, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate

A priest was injured in an early-morning fire Aug. 30 that destroyed the historic two-story rectory at St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg.

A lesson from the crab

August 20, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

Enjoying Baltimore steamed crabs at New All Saints’ Aug. 18 crab feast brought to mind an old Nigerian proverb for Spiritan Father Uju Patrick Okeahialam.

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