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Awash in hope
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Awash in hope

George P. Matysek Jr.October 9, 20143 min read
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
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Amen: Dying doing what you love

George P. Matysek Jr.June 17, 20143 min read
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
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Babe Ruth’s diamond

George P. Matysek Jr.February 12, 20143 min read
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.
Remembering a friend
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Remembering a friend

George P. Matysek Jr.October 17, 20135 min read
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.
Of haberdasheries and ‘Death Dust’
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Of haberdasheries and ‘Death Dust’

George P. Matysek Jr.August 15, 20133 min read
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
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This Priest Appreciation Day, thank priests who change lives

George P. Matysek Jr.May 29, 20133 min read
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
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Pope Benedict XVI offers lesson in humility

George P. Matysek Jr.February 21, 20133 min read
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
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Amen: Telling questions for pregnant women

George P. Matysek Jr.January 10, 20133 min read
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’
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‘I have connections in heaven’

George P. Matysek Jr.August 30, 20123 min read
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
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Clarity in Rome confessional

George P. Matysek Jr.February 23, 20123 min read
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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