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Amen Matysek Commentary

Amen: Daddy-daughter time

March 8, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary

‘Woof-woofs,’ polkas and prayers offer life lessons for father of 15-month-old girl.

Amen: On the trail with Father Beshoner

October 29, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary

After a long hiatus, Father Beshoner recently relaunched Catholic Under the Hood with a seemingly monumental mission: telling the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church from apostolic times to the present.

Awash in hope

October 9, 2014
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Sports

If you want to meet some of the most passionate and quirky fans in baseball, come to Section 336 in the upper deck of Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Amen: Dying doing what you love

June 17, 2014
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary

In attempting his 20th crossing June 8, my cousin began having problems about a mile into the swim. Rescuers could not revive him, and he died at age 58. He leaves behind a wife of 31 years.

Babe Ruth’s diamond

February 12, 2014
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary

One hundred years ago on St. Valentine’s Day, George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. began his meteoric rise in professional baseball when he signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles.

Of haberdasheries and ‘Death Dust’

August 15, 2013
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary

For years, a tattered and taped copy of the Aug. 30, 1902, issue of The Catholic Mirror has jockeyed for attention on my sometimes-cluttered desk at the Catholic Review.

This Priest Appreciation Day, thank priests who change lives

May 29, 2013
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary

Father Dale Picarella had just finished greeting a mob of parishioners at the end of Mass when I approached him in the sacristy with a special request. Would he visit my mother at Bayview Medical Center in East Baltimore as she was recovering from cancer surgery?

Pope Benedict XVI offers lesson in humility

February 21, 2013
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary

The goodness and humility witnessed by the future Baltimore archbishop were on display for all the world Feb. 11 when Pope Benedict XVI quietly announced in Latin that he would step down due to his advanced age and lack of stamina.

Amen: Telling questions for pregnant women

January 10, 2013
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Respect Life

My brother was in line at a local supermarket when he observed a young woman strike up a conversation with an apparent longtime friend. Showing off her slightly protruding belly, the younger woman announced that she was pregnant.

‘I have connections in heaven’

August 30, 2012
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary

Mercy Sister Lois Mueller was a bundle of energy when I first met her at The Villa retirement home in Baltimore three years ago. I was visiting for a story I was writing about how retired nuns kept in shape by playing bowling and other Nintendo Wii video games donated by students of St. Joseph School in Cockeysville.

Clarity in Rome confessional

February 23, 2012
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Blog, Commentary

The Scala Sancta, “Holy Stairs,” are believed to be the passageway Jesus walked on his way to face Pontius Pilate before the crucifixion. St. Helena, mother of Constantine, brought the staircase to the Eternal City from the Holy Land in the middle of the 4th century.

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