Remembering a Baltimore priest’s ordeal at Dachau April 29, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Feature, The Narthex The Polish priest told the Review that the wood strips in the windows separating the glass panes at Dachau seemed like crosses. Every time he looked out a window, he was reminded of the sign of redemption.
My moo-ving experience with some cows April 25, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex Has your car ever been rocked back and forth by vigorous bovine tongues? Mine has. Here’s the story.
Goodbye to one of the good guys November 17, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Journalism, The Narthex After decades of producing stories that go into a depth not found in some other outlets, and after many years managing newsrooms, editing pages and mentoring others, Joe Ryan is hanging up his red pen.
‘The World Needs Heroes’ August 14, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Saints, The Narthex, Vocations, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry If we start sharing stories of heroic virtue and courage, we are bound to inspire religious vocations.
Charles Osgood fondly recalls Catholic Baltimore August 29, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, The Narthex “Only Sister Serena could have judged your morals and grammar at the same time,” Mr. Osgood recalled.
Former dentist finds new joy as Carmelite nun July 21, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex, Vocations It was on her 30th birthday when Celia Ashton first stepped inside the monastery of the Carmelite Sisters of Baltimore.A successful dentist who had long harbored thoughts of becoming a religious sister, Celia had been invited to attend Mass at the monastery by some of her patients who happened to be Religious
Anti-Catholic bigotry fails to dampen call to love in Philadelphia September 27, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, The Narthex Faith opens a window to the presence and working of the Spirit. It shows us that, like happiness, holiness is always tied to little gestures.
Praise Jesus for Monsignor Valenzano September 6, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Blog, The Narthex When a doctor told Treasa and me two years ago that our unborn baby likely wouldn’t live for more than a day or two after his birth, one of the first people I called was Monsignor Arthur Valenzano.
Mary gets her crown in Emmitsburg May 5, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex The gleaming gold-leafed statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary that soars over Emmitsburg finally has her May crown.For the first time since the statue was erected a half century ago, the much-loved figure was adorned with a gigantic wreath of silk flowers hoisted 120 feet by a crane during a
Living like Father Hipsley December 22, 2014By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex When Father Milton A. Hipsley Jr. was pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas in Hampden in the 1980s, a visiting priest took note of stacks of unopened correspondence from the Catholic Center that seemed to be accumulating in the rectory. He asked Father Hipsley if he was worried about the unread letters.“I
Remembering a friend October 17, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Journalism, The Narthex Chris was one of my greatest mentors. I learned more from reading his eloquent prose and sitting next to him at the Catholic Review than I did in any writing course. More than that, he became a friend.
Community life inspires ‘miracle man’ November 22, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex Redemptorist Father John Murray is convinced he’s a walking miracle. After suffering a fall that left him paralyzed from the chest down, the former pastor of St. Mary in Annapolis and St. Wenceslaus in Baltimore began praying for Blessed Francis X. Seelos – a former St. Mary’s pastor – to intercede on his behalf. As noted in this […]
