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Sargent Shriver: Cardinal Gibbons’ godson remembered

George P. Matysek Jr.January 22, 20115 min read
Sargent Shriver is shown in a Life photograph. The former vice presidential candidate was the godson of Baltimore Cardinal James Gibbons. This week’s cover story in The Catholic Review spotlights a mother and daughter who are planning to jump into the icy Chesapeake Bay at the end of the month to raise money for the Special Olympics. Was […]
Remembering a Baltimore culinary classic
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Remembering a Baltimore culinary classic

George P. Matysek Jr.December 8, 20104 min read
The founders of Haussner’s, William Henry Haussner and Frances Wilke Haussner, always treated priests with extra kindness, Mrs. Jakowski said. When long lines of waiting customers would stretch along Eastern Avenue – as was often the case – the owners would pluck priests out of the crowd and make sure they and their guests were given priority seating.
‘As good and as holy a priest as there ever was’
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‘As good and as holy a priest as there ever was’

George P. Matysek Jr.April 22, 20103 min read
The people of the Archdiocese of Baltimore will miss you, Archbishop Borders. We thank you for the gift of your priesthood and the gift of your leadership. May we learn to live by the motto that governed your life – that we will listen that we may serve.
Reporter’s notebook: Martin Sheen says Gospel values needed now more than ever
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Reporter’s notebook: Martin Sheen says Gospel values needed now more than ever

George P. Matysek Jr.December 15, 20024 min read
The congregation that packed St. Peter Claver Church for Philip Berrigan’s funeral Dec. 9 was slowly making its way onto ice-covered streets of West Baltimore when I spotted the president of the United States standing outside the 114-year-old brick building.
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