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Paul McMullen

Paul McMullen, a resident of Austin, Texas, served as the managing editor of the Catholic Review from 2008 until his retirement in September 2021.

The author of two books, Paul has been involved in local media since age 12, when he began delivering The News American to 80 homes in his neighborhood. He began his journalism career with the Capital-Gazette Newspapers in Anne Arundel County, and spent more than 25 years as a sports writer for The Sun in Baltimore. His favorite writing assignments have included the Summer Olympics in Australia and Greece, the Archdiocese of Baltimore's response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and “Feet for Francis,” a 2015 walking pilgrimage from the Baltimore Basilica to Philadelphia to see Pope Francis.

Road to redemption

April 21, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News

Living in East Baltimore, Steven Allbright had plenty of options where he could come into the Catholic Church. Something about Historic St. Francis Xavier, however, set it apart.

Sketching a new life at St. Vincent’s Villa

April 5, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Positively Catholic

St. Vincent’s Villa, a program of Catholic Charities, offers care, stability for children in crisis.

Just another stretch of coincidences in Smalltimore

April 4, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Blog

Managing Editor Paul McMullen is in a stretch of work that’s reminded him why his hometown is also described as “Smalltimore.”

St. Clement basketball reunion honors late deacon who never stopped giving to Lansdowne

April 3, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

A basketball reunion for St. Clement I in Lansdowne will be held at a nearby gym, built by brothers who played for the late deacon who began the parish program in the mid-1960s.

Calvert Hall, Loyola Blakefield men behind the logo add to community feel of 100th Turkey Bowl

April 2, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Sports, Turkey Bowl

The coaches and presidents from Calvert Hall College High School and Loyola Blakefield echoed the point: the Turkey Bowl is about more than football.

Norbertine Father Brian A. Zielinski, former pastor of Baltimore-area parishes, dies at 78

March 29, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Norbertine Father Brian A. Zielinski, who served as pastor of Our Lady, Queen of Peace in Middle River and St. Thomas More in Baltimore, died March 24 at age 78.

Of joy, and Father Jeff

March 22, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Amen, Amen McMullen Commentary, Commentary, Feature, Local News

Father Jeff Dauses recently gave the gift of life when he donated a kidney to a woman related to one of his parishioners at St. Andrew by the Bay in Annapolis.

Baltimore-based CRS remembers four employees who died in Ethiopian Airlines crash

March 14, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, World News

Archbishop William E. Lori offered a memorial Mass March 14 for the four employees of Catholic Relief Services who perished in the recent plane crash in Ethiopia.

‘Home felt like church’ for future Baltimore priest

March 13, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

Pictures, both moving and still, figure prominently in the discernment of Deacon Matthew J. DeFusco.

John Carroll School mourns loss of alum who raised awareness of Holocaust

March 12, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

The sudden loss of Andrew Klein came as students at his scholastic alma mater were receiving more lessons in empathy for and knowledge of others, thanks to his example and the foundation begun by his family

NDP’s Gym Meet marks 90 years

March 7, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Local News, Our Back Pages, Schools, Sports

Gym Meet traditions include Mary Bartel, chairwoman of the Physical Education/Health Department, serving as faculty moderator for nearly 30 years.

Baldwin boosts father, St. Frances Academy, with game-winning 3-pointer over Goretti in BCL final 

March 6, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Sports

Baldwin became the first repeat tournament MVP since 2014, when Phil Booth Jr. led Mount St. Joseph to its third straight title.

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