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Curley friar recalls visit with Maximilian Kolbe

January 18, 1999
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News

Not everyone gets to go bike riding with a saint. But that’s exactly what one newly ordained Franciscan priest from Baltimore did nearly 60 years ago when he visited St. Maximilian Kolbe at the Polish saint’s huge Franciscan compound outside Warsaw.

Family ties bring about housing complex for deaf seniors

September 20, 1998
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Deaf Ministry, Disabilities Ministry, Local News, News

Ground was broken this summer in Baltimore County for the nation’s first elderly housing complex dedicated exclusively to the needs of deaf and hearing-impaired seniors.

Confronting fear, faith and hope: Nigerian missionaries grapple with tough Baltimore realities

July 9, 1998
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

As the priest sits in his solitary rectory office at St. Peter Claver in West Baltimore, a driving spring rain beats against the iron-barred windows. The storm pelts scattered debris on the streets and sidewalks of the troubled neighborhood – flushing foam cups and bits of broken concrete into the gutter along Fremont Avenue. Not so easily washed aside, however, are the young drug dealers

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