The Theological Foundations of Eucharistic Beliefs: A New National Survey of Adult Catholics
Timothy O'Malley on Eucharistic beliefs.
Timothy O'Malley
Timothy P. O’Malley is the Director of Education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, where he also serves as Academic Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy. He teaches and researches at Notre Dame in the areas of liturgical-sacrmental theology, catechesis, and aesthetics. He is the author of numerous articles and books, most recently, the forthcoming Divine Blessing: Liturgical Formation in the RCIA.
Articles
On Eucharistic Adoration: Against Its Detractors
Timothy O'Malley on the postconciliar Church.
The Future of Catholic Journalism
Timothy O'Malley on communication.
Why Americans Struggle to Understand Catholicism
Timothy O'Malley on Eucharistic coherence.
Life After COVID-19: History Doesn't Repeat Itself
Timothy O'Malley on saintliness and communion.
Saints of the Black Death
Timothy O'Malley on the witness of the saints during a pandemic.
How Did the Church Fare During the Black Death and 400 Years of the Plague?
Timothy O'Malley on the Church in a time of civilizational crisis.
What's at Stake in the Debates Swirling Around Eucharistic Coherence?
Timothy O'Malley on the meaning of Eucharistic coherence in the life of the Church.
The Difference Between Liturgical Naïveté and a Eucharistic Culture of Affiliation
Timothy O'Malley on the liturgy as an antidote to disaffiliation.
A New Model for Understanding the Dynamics of Catholic Disaffiliation
Timothy O'Malley on the loss of control.
The Eucharistic Short-Circuiting of Cancel Culture
Timothy O'Malley on turning things down several notches.
The Agnostic Reception of Catholic Social Teaching
Timothy O'Malley on evangelization and Fratelli tutti.
A Guide Through the Poetic Theology of the Triduum
Timothy O'Malley unpacks the liturgical poetics of the Triduum.
The Church's Response Is Saying ‘No’ to Death's Dominion
Timothy O'Malley on how the Church's COVID-19 response is building a culture of life.
The Mass Is Still With Us Even Under Quarantine
Timothy O'Malley argues that Catholics can no more escape participation in the Eucharist than they can escape their human bodies.
What's Next After Catholic Colleges Collapse?
Timothy O'Malley argues for experimentation, rather than perpetuating the status quo, in Catholic education.
The Ideological Death of Catholic Education
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, navigates between endless novelty and radical traditionalism.
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The Notre-Dame Cathedral Fire Isn't a Sign
Timothy O’Malley, ND Center for Liturgy Director, reads the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral fire theologically, rather than purely culturally.
The Liturgy Is for (Little) Kids
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, on why we should encourage (little) kids in church.
First Sunday in Advent: The Bridegroom Comes
Timothy O'Malley, Director ND Center for Liturgy, kicks off our Advent commentary on devotional poetry series with Christina Rossetti's "Advent Sunday."
Discipleship Isn't as Exciting as Youth Ministry Makes It Seem
Timothy O'Malley, Director ND Center for Liturgy, analyzes how youth ministry programs can avoid the inevitable burnout caused by current emotive models.
There Is No Salvation Through the University
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, on the insignificance of law school admissions and entrance into MBA programs for salvation.
Catholic Education and the Market's Technocratic Paradigm
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, doubts whether, unlike Europe, America is safe from the technocratic paradigm and market forces.
Being Liturgical
Timothy P. O'Malley, Director of the University of Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, on the kind of formation that is essential to the post-modern age.
Sacramentalized but Not Evangelized?
Timothy P. O'Malley questions the coherence of the well-known phrase.
The Serious Sacrificial Body
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the University of Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, refuses substitutions for the real body of Christ.
The Hospitality of Adoption
"I hope that you'll have one of your own one day." Anyone who has adopted a child has heard this statement more than once. As an adopting parent of two children, I've learned to grit my teeth and smile, offering this gentle retort, "Wel...
Letting the Imagination Out to Play
Last weekend, I was in Philadelphia for the Society for Catholic Liturgy. This “multidisciplinary association of Catholic scholars” seeks to promote the “scholarly study and practical renewal of the Church’s litur...Restoring Sacramental Magic
This summer, I attended the biennial congress in Leuven, Belgium of Societas Liturgica, an ecumenical gathering of liturgical historians, theologians, and musicians from throughout the world. The congress’ theme…