1. Home ›
  2. Articles

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

  1. The Hope of the Assumption

    | Timothy O'Malley

    Glorious things are spoken of you, O Mary, who today were exalted above the choirs of Angels into eternal triumph with Christ (Entrance Antiphon, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Elite athletes exist at the edge of the possibl...

    Francisblessedvirgin

  3. Editorial Musings: Nourishing the Imagination, Renewing the Church

    | Timothy O'Malley

    As I write this week's editorial musings, the McGrath Institute for Church Life is engaged in final preparations for our annual summer programming. We will welcome to the University of Notre Dame liturgical and sacramental catechist...

    Cupolamainaltarbautista

  10. Can Liturgy Heal a Secular Age?

    | Timothy O'Malley

    Timothy P. O'Malley on how liturgy can be healing of a secular age. But only if we understand secularity and ritual well.

    Stpatrickcathedral

  11. Can We Get Lent Wrong?

    | Timothy O'Malley

    Timothy O'Malley on the various ways that we can get Lent wrong.

    1024px Crossofashes

  12. New Orleans and the Catholic Imagination

    | Timothy O'Malley

    Today is Mardi Gras. Timothy P. O'Malley treats the celebration of Mardi Gras as a way of understanding how to keep Holy Lent. Not with sadness but with hope.

    Neworleansblindpelicanb

  14. Editorial Musings: Does the Church Need the Arts?

    | Timothy O'Malley

    Church Life takes up this week a key question: Does the Church need the arts? Do the arts need the Church? How might we rebuild a marriage that is necessary for the New Evangelization?

    Visionofthenewjerusalem B

  17. Why Chant is Good for Children

    | Timothy O'Malley

    My three year old son is a regular Mass-goer. Aware of his very short attention span, we make sure to sit in the front each and every Sunday. He loves when there is singing, especially chant. He loves elaborate processions. He loves ince...

    Chant

  20. Awaiting Pentecost

    | Timothy O'Malley

    Most Catholics are at least vaguely aware that the Easter Vigil is a high point of the liturgical year. Yet, the Vigil of Pentecost rarely gets the same attention, despite having its own set of extended readings. If we read these texts f...

    Safe Image

  23. The Marriage Begins

    | Timothy O'Malley

    The Book of Revelation does not contain a series of esoteric predictions about the end of the world. Rather, Revelation presents a world in which the final union of God and humanity is taking place in the presence of the slain Lamb. This...

    Wedding Feast