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George P. Matysek Jr.

George Matysek, a member of the Catholic Review staff since 1997, is managing editor of Catholic Review Media. He oversees news coverage of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and is a host of Catholic Review Radio.

George has won more than 150 national and regional journalism and broadcasting awards from the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association, the Catholic Media Association, the Associated Church Press and National Right to Life. The Catholic Media Association named him both Editor of the Year and Podcaster of the Year in 2024. He has reported from Guyana, Guatemala, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.

A native Baltimorean, George is a graduate of Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in Essex. He holds a bachelor's degree from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and a master's degree from UMBC. George, his wife and six children live in Rodgers Forge. He is a parishioner of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

Mount St. Mary’s seminarian is believed dead after saving woman’s life

July 11, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A seminarian from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg is believed to have drowned after saving the life of a woman who fell into the Arkansas River July 9.

NDP graduate has world view

June 30, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

A broken ankle helped lead Miya Dubler down a path that could take her around the world.

Father Rubeling’s priestly ordination is a family affair

June 27, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations

Archbishop William E. Lori ordained Father Michael Rubeling as the newest priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore June 25.

Visitation Academy to close June 30

June 20, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools

Visitation Academy, a storied Catholic school in Frederick that has operated since 1846, will close June 30.

Our Back Pages: Catholic Review counts popes in its readership

April 4, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages

At least three popes or future popes have read the Catholic Review.

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.

Interfaith and ecumenical leaders ready to meet pope and ask prayers for Baltimore

February 29, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Local News, News

“It’s an opportunity for us to focus collectively and uniquely on a variety of issues and possible resolutions,” Father Donald Sterling said.

Our Back Pages: Touting marriage in the 1890s

February 11, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages

Unless a man and woman are willing to give up their individuality for one another in marriage, Father Rooker said, they have no right to marry

Finding healing after an abortion in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 21, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

To help with the trauma of abortion, the Catholic Church offers healing and ministry of presence.

Four Western Maryland churches unite to form Divine Mercy Parish

January 19, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has announced the formation of a new parish in Western Maryland.

Our Back Pages: Unmasking the mysterious Xavier Rynne

January 11, 2016
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages

Redemptorist Father Francis X. Murphy, the mysterious Vatican insider who used the “Xavier Rynne” pseudonym to publish detailed reports about intrigue at the Second Vatican Council, acknowledged his true identity to readers of the Catholic Review 25 years ago.

Product of synod may be a deepening of mercy

November 30, 2015
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

In emphasizing mercy as the central duty of the church, the pope is affecting the way church leaders and people in the pews are thinking about family life.

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