Under Mandela, South Africa became beacon to world, says Bishop Ricard December 18, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Racial Justice Witnessing thousands of South Africans of all races vote in the first free elections after the fall of apartheid was a “great, life-changing experience” for Bishop John H. Ricard, S.S.J. “It was a very exhilarating experience to see old enemies finally reconciling and to actually see the birth of a country,” remembered Bishop Ricard, a […]
Catonsville family plans heart center in China November 22, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Ann Bartlinski and her husband, Ed, are in the process of opening a heart center in Beijing, China, called “Love You More Heart Home” for orphans and children of poor families
Westminster pastor honored as ‘Man for All Seasons’ October 28, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Michael May, a former president of the St. Thomas More Society who has known Monsignor Farmer for 48 years, described his friend as someone who has always had an innate ability to see the good in everyone and an “extraordinary empathy for anyone he ever met.”
Remembering a friend October 17, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Journalism, The Narthex Chris was one of my greatest mentors. I learned more from reading his eloquent prose and sitting next to him at the Catholic Review than I did in any writing course. More than that, he became a friend.
Tom Clancy, 66, was supporter of Catholic education October 2, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Bestselling novelist Tom Clancy died Oct. 1 at 66.
WWII prisoner of war recalls capture, redemption September 19, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News U.S. Army Air Corps Corporal Leo Wojciechowski took part in a ceremony at the Pentagon honoring U.S. prisoners of war.
Of haberdasheries and ‘Death Dust’ August 15, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary For years, a tattered and taped copy of the Aug. 30, 1902, issue of The Catholic Mirror has jockeyed for attention on my sometimes-cluttered desk at the Catholic Review.
All in the family: Seminarians include pair of brothers August 15, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations The priesthood is all in the family for two pairs of brothers in the Baltimore archdiocese.
Bishop Gossman, first urban vicar, dies at 83 August 13, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Bishop F. Joseph Gossman, a former auxiliary bishop of Baltimore who served as the archdiocese’s first urban vicar, died Aug. 12.
This Priest Appreciation Day, thank priests who change lives May 29, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary Father Dale Picarella had just finished greeting a mob of parishioners at the end of Mass when I approached him in the sacristy with a special request. Would he visit my mother at Bayview Medical Center in East Baltimore as she was recovering from cancer surgery?
Father Breighner retires, but isn’t slowing down much April 19, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Retirement “Retirement will hopefully give me psychological permission to begin to say no to some things and do a little bit less – maybe beginning by taking a half a day a week off,” the priest said with a laugh.
Good Friday pilgrims pray for life outside Baltimore abortion clinic March 29, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Catholics prayed the rosary outside a Planned Parenthood on March 29.
