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Jenna Mattern

Jenna Mattern is a graduate of Loyola University Maryland and a freelance contributor to the Catholic Review.

The drive that saved his life: Father J. Collin Poston returns to Carroll County parish after brush with death

July 14, 2026
By Jenna Mattern
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate

Father Poston spent two weeks in the hospital, receiving the anointing of the sick multiple times and welcoming visits from friends, family, parishioners, fellow priests and his Pomeranian, Otto. He described the experience as deeply spiritual.

Former Baltimore pathologist professes perpetual vows with Children of Mary

May 22, 2026
By Jenna Mattern
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

Dr. Emily Wilding spent her career as an anatomic pathologist diagnosing disease through the close study of the body’s tissues. Through prayer and eucharistic devotion, she discerned a different calling – and left medicine for religious life as Sister Imelda Joy.

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