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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.

Coronavirus closes Catholic schools in Baltimore Archdiocese for remainder of  school year

May 6, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced May 6 that all Catholic schools in the archdiocese will remain closed for the rest of the 2019-20 school year, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

IND, oldest girls’ prep school in Maryland, closing its doors for good

May 5, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

The Institute of Notre Dame, which has educated girls in Baltimore since 1847, announced May 5 that it was closing its doors for good.

Shula’s NFL record for coaching wins began in Baltimore

May 5, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

The winningest coach in the history of the National Football League started that career in Baltimore.

Pandemic can’t keep Distinctive Scholars down

May 5, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Even in trying times, the 19 high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore continue their tradition of academic excellence, as evidenced in these four young people who would have been recognized April 23 at the Distinctive Scholars Convocation.

Daughter among Mom’s co-workers – and patients – at Mercy Medical Center

May 4, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

Lena Vendetti Petrik’s instinct to care for others doesn’t stop when she finishes a shift at Mercy Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Sturdy parish leads to 70 years of marriage

April 15, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, It's about love, Local News, News

Little approaches the affection shared by the couple known as Ben and Pat – unless it’s their affinity for St. ­Joseph Parish in Fullerton.

Archbishop Lori leads blessings of Baltimore’s downtown hospitals

April 8, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Local News, News

Downtown Baltimore’s three major hospitals received Catholic blessings the morning of April 8.

From a distance: Ministering to the ill among coronavirus challenges

April 8, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Local News, News, Works of Mercy

Visits to the sick are taking new forms in the age of the coronavirus pandemic.

1918 flu pandemic took heavy toll

April 7, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Local News, News, Our Back Pages

The death toll included at least two priests from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and two Religious Sisters of ­Mercy.

Grateful, for a relatively uneventful Holy Week, and my primary caregiver

April 3, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Blog

Two years after quadruple bypass heart surgery, appreciation for caregivers grows, but still begins in the home.

Under former West Point dean, Mount St. Mary’s reverses enrollment decline

March 25, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News

Learn more about Timothy E. Trainor, president of Mount St. Mary’s University, in this Q&A.

Amid coronavirus, ‘grab and go’ becomes the norm for Baltimore’s Catholic soup kitchens

March 18, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore

Across the Archdiocese of Baltimore and throughout the United States, families and individuals rush to grocery stores to stock their pantries and refrigerators in response to the possibility that the coronavirus could have people stuck in their homes for the coming weeks, if not months. Food uncertainty, meanwhile, was already a constant consideration for those […]

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