The final 20 years of his life Mataré split time between his homes in Hückelhoven, Germany and Malibu, California.
The still open line between Baal and Dalheim was initially relatively well used by the population because of the so-called “round service” (Rundverkehr) on the Mönchengladbach–Rheydt–Rheindahlen–Wegberg–Dalheim–Wassenberg–Ratheim–Hückelhoven–Baal (West)–Erkelenz–Rheydt–Mönchengladbach route.
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Passenger services between Jülich and Baal were thinned out in the 1960s so that only a few trains remained in the timetable among the many bus services.
On September 26 1992 he was ordained a priest in Aachen, and worked as a chaplain in Hückelhoven until September 1996.