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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.

Our Back Pages: Touting marriage in the 1890s

February 11, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages

Unless a man and woman are willing to give up their individuality for one another in marriage, Father Rooker said, they have no right to marry

Finding healing after an abortion in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 21, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

To help with the trauma of abortion, the Catholic Church offers healing and ministry of presence.

Four Western Maryland churches unite to form Divine Mercy Parish

January 19, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has announced the formation of a new parish in Western Maryland.

Our Back Pages: Unmasking the mysterious Xavier Rynne

January 11, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages

Redemptorist Father Francis X. Murphy, the mysterious Vatican insider who used the “Xavier Rynne” pseudonym to publish detailed reports about intrigue at the Second Vatican Council, acknowledged his true identity to readers of the Catholic Review 25 years ago.

Spiritual shapeup: Kickstart your relationship with God in the new year

December 30, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

“Nothing is more harmful to the spiritual life than holding back forgiveness to others or not receiving forgiveness for yourself,” Father Buening explained. “Trust God with your weaknesses and difficulties.”

Product of synod may be a deepening of mercy

November 30, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

In emphasizing mercy as the central duty of the church, the pope is affecting the way church leaders and people in the pews are thinking about family life.

Gov. Hogan and Comptroller Franchot volunteer at Our Daily Bread

November 24, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Local News, News

Gov. Lawrence Hogan Jr. and Comptroller Peter Franchot volunteered at Our Daily Bread in Baltimore Nov. 24.

Amen: On the trail with Father Beshoner

October 29, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary

After a long hiatus, Father Beshoner recently relaunched Catholic Under the Hood with a seemingly monumental mission: telling the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church from apostolic times to the present.

Anti-Catholic bigotry fails to dampen call to love in Philadelphia

September 27, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, The Narthex

Faith opens a window to the presence and working of the Spirit. It shows us that, like happiness, holiness is always tied to little gestures.

‘Art in Heaven:’ Archdiocese bids farewell to Monsignor Valenzano

September 11, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Local News, News, Obituaries

In a final sendoff marked with heartfelt displays of raw emotion, hundreds of people said goodbye to Monsignor Arthur F. Valenzano.

Praise Jesus for Monsignor Valenzano

September 6, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Blog, The Narthex

When a doctor told Treasa and me two years ago that our unborn baby likely wouldn’t live for more than a day or two after his birth, one of the first people I called was Monsignor Arthur Valenzano.

Monsignor Valenzano, basilica rector who touched the lives of thousands, succumbs to cancer

September 6, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Local News, News, Obituaries

Monsignor Arthur F. Valenzano, basilica rector and a man described by Archbishop Lori as a priest of “tremendous pastoral love,” died Sept. 5.

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