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.

Footage of Cardinal Shehan’s open housing testimony uncovered

April 4, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News

For the first time in more than a half century, digitized footage of the cardinal’s television appearance is now available for viewing on Youtube.

Faith and science go hand-in-hand for Mount St. Mary’s student

March 26, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Colleges, Faces of Faith, Feature, Local News, News

The more deeply Veronica Balick probes cellular and molecular biology, the more firmly she believes in the existence of God.

Pro-life pregnancy center to open next to Planned Parenthood

March 21, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Urban Vicariate

“It’s definitely providential,” said Carol Clews, executive director of the CPC. “When we tell people in the pro-life community about this, their jaws drop. They are so excited.”

Pope’s representative to U.S. addresses seminarians at Mount St. Mary’s

March 16, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vatican, Vocations

“(The future priest) must have the ability to see where mercy is needed and the healthy zeal to make himself readily available to apply the healing balm of God’s mercy with the love of a genuine father and pastor,” Archbishop Pierre said.

Former Yankee star and Mount St. Joseph graduate headlines Catholic Men’s Conference

March 13, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, Men, News, Video

Father Charles Canterna shared the powerful story of the conversion of a a convicted murderer who was the last person to be executed in Maryland.

Christopher Kauffman, prolific church historian, dies at 81

March 2, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

It’s not possible to overstate Christopher J. Kauffman’s contributions to U.S. Catholic studies, according to Tricia Pyne, archivist for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Faith keeps young parishioner strong in battle with brain cancer and Lyme disease

February 19, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Faces of Faith, Feature, Local News, News

Despite brutal twin diagnoses of Lyme disease and brain cancer, 26-year-old Corey Dregier maintains a positive attitude and zest for life.

Trusting in Divine Providence

January 12, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Faces of Faith, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate

“Whenever you feel down or if you feel like you don’t have anyone, you always have God,” said Melanie Cabo, a student at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore. “He’s there for you.”

U.S. Court of Appeals upholds free speech rights of Baltimore’s pro-life pregnancy centers

January 8, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

In a 3-0 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down a Baltimore ordinance that would have forced pro-life pregnancy centers in the city to post signs stating they do not provide or refer for abortions or contraceptives

‘Saintly man’ of Cumberland dies after life of service

January 5, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate

“He had a very deep faith, but it wasn’t a showy kind of faith,” said Capuchin Franciscan Father Gregory Chervenak, pastor of Our Lady of the Mountains. “He was very unassuming and never, ever drew attention to himself.

Brother Kevin Strong, ‘one of the giants’ of the Christian Brothers, dies at 85

January 4, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools

Brother Kevin Strong, a groundbreaking leader at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson and Cardinal Gibbons School in Baltimore who served as the first president of both all-boys institutions, died Jan. 3 in New Jersey after years of declining health.

Outreach fueled by faith

December 13, 2017
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Faces of Faith, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate

Several years after Brian Gracie began raising funds to support the Franciscan Center’s emergency assistance programs for impoverished people in Baltimore, a member of his own family found himself in need of those very services.