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George P. Matysek Jr.

Faith unlocks doors for former death row inmate

February 15, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

Despite the strong temptation to despair, Mr. Bloodsworth said he decided he would fight to prove his innocence. He believes God sustained him through nearly nine years of taxing prison life, sending him otherworldly consolations and leading him into the Catholic Church.

Gov. O’Malley speaks to Catholic educators at mansion

February 8, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools

ANNAPOLIS – Standing inside the governor’s mansion he has occupied for less than three weeks, Gov. Martin J. O’Malley told a group of Catholic educators he never would have pursued a career in public service were it not for his own Catholic education. Glancing at some 30 Catholic schoolteachers and administrators, including Sister Columbkill O’Connor, […]

Death penalty ban gains momentum in Maryland

February 1, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

After many years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty in Maryland, abolitionists are closer than ever to passing a ban on capital punishment now that Gov. Martin J. O’Malley has promised to sign repeal legislation.

Vandal attacks Timonium Nativity set

January 10, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

Mrs. Hoffman said she forgives the person or persons who vandalized her property. Her husband had planned to continue lighting the toppled figures to remind neighbors that Christianity is “under attack.”

Basilica windows sparkle in new home

December 21, 2006
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Baltimore Basilica, Local News, News

On a recent sunny afternoon, the stained glass windows at St. Louis in Clarksville sparkled with a radiance few could have imagined when they stood in their original home at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Illuminated by the mid-day sun, brilliant shades of cobalt blue, deep purples and fiery reds seemed to leap from the glass and command a visitor’s gaze.

Manchester Masterpiece: Bishop Malooly dedicates new church for St. Bartholomew

December 16, 2006
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

After more than four decades of waiting, parishioners of St. Bartholomew in Manchester rejoiced in the opening of their much-anticipated new church when Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, led a jubilant dedication liturgy Dec. 16.

Good Shepherd Sisters devote lives to prayer, helping women

November 23, 2006
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

In a fast-paced age of cell phones, digital television and rampant consumerism, seven Contemplative Sisters of the Good Shepherd live quite different lives at their Baltimore convent.

Ranger rosaries in short supply for U.S. soldiers

November 22, 2006
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

What Pat Evans calls the “most powerful weapon” American servicemen could ever carry is failing to make its way into the hands of many military men and women in Iraq.

Priest struggles with Orioles-Nationals rivalry

June 22, 2006
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Sports

For someone who grew up across the street from Memorial Stadium and who spent his summers trying to emulate Brooks Robinson at third base, Monsignor Michael Fisher must be stuck in a kind of baseball purgatory.

‘Cathedral of the south:’ Cardinal Keeler dedicates 1,200-seat church for St. Louis, Clarksville

April 27, 2006
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate

“People want their churches to lift their spirits,” Monsignor Luca said. “This church does that.”

Friends, family celebrate Cardinal Keeler’s priestly ministry

October 13, 2005
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

Following the joyful celebration of Cardinal William H. Keeler’s 50th anniversary as a priest Oct. 5, many of the cardinal’s friends and family crowded into white tents erected on the parish lawn of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to greet Cardinal Keeler personally and celebrate his decades of devoted ministry.

Manchester parishioners’ generosity builds new church

October 13, 2005
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

About 90 percent of the grading work has already been finished at the muddy site, with construction of the all- brick church to follow.

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