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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.

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.

Catholic Review Media lanza un podcast en español

August 8, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: En Español, Hispanic Ministry, Protagonistas de Fe

En colaboración con la Oficina del Ministerio Hispano de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore, Catholic Review Media ha lanzado un nuevo podcast en español.

Catholic Review Media launches Spanish-language podcast

August 8, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Journalism, Local News, News

Working in partnership with the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Office of Hispanic Ministry, Catholic Review Media has launched a new Spanish-language podcast.

Baltimore Catholics return home from Eucharistic Congress on fire for their faith

July 22, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News

Many of the nearly 100 pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Baltimore who attended the National Eucharistic Congress July 17-21 in Indianapolis are leaving the historic gathering renewed in faith and more determined to spread devotion to the Blessed Sacrament in their home parishes and local communities.

Father Gills retires after a ministry that took him around the world and around the Archdiocese of Baltimore

July 2, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations, Western Vicariate

Whether celebrating Mass on the hood of a Humvee in a war zone or inside a clear-glass church near Deep Creek Lake looking out to the mountains of Western Maryland, Father Thomas Gills sought to convey the same sense of the sacred.

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