Providence and Obedience: Colombière, the Jesuits, and the Sacred Heart
Timothy O'Malley on Providential love.
Timothy P. O’Malley
Timothy P. O’Malley is the Associate Director for Research 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-sacramental theology, catechesis, and aesthetics. He is the author of numerous articles and books.
Articles
The Altar of Productivity and the Need for Contemplative Education
Timothy O'Malley on efficiency.
Blessed Carlo Acutis and the Many Miracles of the Eucharist
Timothy O'Malley on sanctity.
The Challenges Facing Global Catholic Higher Education
Timothy O'Malley on teaching.
Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson: What I Learned About Happiness From Country Music
Timothy O'Malley on the good life.
The Eucharistic Vocation of a Catholic School
Timothy O'Malley on the classroom.
The Theological Foundations of Eucharistic Beliefs: A New National Survey of Adult Catholics
Timothy O'Malley on Eucharistic beliefs.
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.
Stop Looking for a Francis Effect
Timothy O'Malley celebrates the pope's birthday by taking another look at the "Francis effect" controversy.
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.
Welcome to Our New Site!
Senior Editors Timothy O'Malley and Artur Sebastian Rosman invite you to browse through our new user-friendly site.
Good Friday's Silence Speaks
Timothy O’Malley, Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, attentively listens to the silence of Good Friday.
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 Addictions of the Catholic Samizdat
Timothy P. O’Malley, Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, looks at L'affaire Lewis and Covington Catholic through the lens of David Foster Wallace.
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."