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.

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.

St. Frances principal fulfills dream to become Oblate Sister of Providence

August 14, 2006
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

It took more than four decades, but Sister Marcia fulfilled her childhood dream, professing her final vows as an Oblate during a jubilant Aug. 14 liturgy at Our Lady of Mount Providence Convent in Baltimore.

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.

James Goettsche, Vatican organist, pulls out all the stops

September 22, 2005
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, News

For the last 16 years, he has served as principal organist of the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican and organist to the pope – the first American to hold either post.

Fred Manfra fulfills Baltimore dream as O’s broadcaster

June 30, 2005
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Sports

The 58- year- old play- by- play man said the School Sisters of Notre Dame helped hone the skills he needed as sports announcer. Manfra attended Our Lady of Fatima School and was a member of its first graduating class before attending Patterson High School.

Father Linnane named president of Loyola College in Maryland

June 8, 2005
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News

A Jesuit priest from Massachusetts who has written extensively about moral theology and ethics has been named the 24th president of Loyola College in Maryland.

Cardinal Turkson says African Catholics have numbers, but faith must mature

May 26, 2005
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, World News

“It is true that the church in Africa is thriving,” Cardinal Turkson said. “But we also have had a certain type of catechesis that is not too deep. Traditional cultures and values are not too radically transformed by the values of the Gospel. We need a more deeply rooted experience of conversion.”

Lt. Gov. Steele believes Pope Benedict XVI will be teacher

April 28, 2005
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News

“John Paul II wrapped his arms around us and said, ‘Be not afraid,’” Lt. Gov. Steele told The Catholic Review. “Cardinal Ratzinger takes us by the hand and says, ‘Learn, listen, understand.’ It’s what parents do every day, particularly when their children fall and hurt themselves.”