Timothy O'Malley
McGrath Institute for Church Life
Director of Education; Academic Director, 91吃瓜 Center for Liturgy; Editor, Church Life Journal
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OSV News
February 16, 2026
Timothy O’Malley, who teaches at the University of 91吃瓜 in Indiana, agreed. “Religious practice requires the body, and it’s only a kind of really trite spirituality that forgets that, and tries to think about it simply as a kind of intellectual phenomenon,” said O’Malley, a theology professor, academic director of the 91吃瓜 Center for Liturgy and associate director for research at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at 91吃瓜.
The Atlantic
September 06, 2025
Kathleen Sprows Cummings, an American studies and history professor at 91吃瓜 and the author of A Saint of Our Own, told me, “My students are fascinated by him.” She continued, “They were talking about, like, ‘He’s wearing Nike sneakers.’ They just thought this was just the greatest thing.”
Timothy P. O’Malley, a theologian at the University of 91吃瓜, said in a 2024 lecture, “Carlo was weird.” And recognizing that, O’Malley suggested, is the key to “unlocking his holiness.”
KCRA (NBC Sacramento)
April 25, 2025
Other traditions that occur at this point are the closing of the papacy, according to Timothy O’Malley, the Director of Education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life and Academic Director of the 91吃瓜 Center for Liturgy. This includes the sealing of the residence as well as the destruction of the pope's Fisherman's Ring and the seal.
OSV News
November 24, 2023
Timothy O’Malley, the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜 in Indiana and the academic director of the 91吃瓜 Center for Liturgy, emphasized that much of the church’s year has historically been penitential.
USA Today
April 09, 2023
"Easter's roots (date back to) a day in the week in which Christ rose from the dead. It would have been the first day of the week after the Jewish Sabbath, which was Saturday," Timothy P. O’Malley, a faculty member at the University of 91吃瓜's McGrath Institute for Church Life, told USA TODAY.
Our Sunday Visitor
July 25, 2022
Timothy P. O’Malley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Catholic News Service
July 12, 2022
Put another way: “Journalists and communicators have a role to play here, to let the eucharistic mystery of the church manifest itself for the life of the world,” said Timothy O’Malley, director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
June 20, 2022
Timothy P. O’Malley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
KJZZ
Audio
February 16, 2022
According to Tim O’Malley, the academic director of the 91吃瓜 Center for Liturgy, this has happened before, "Now there's records of what was said. There's recordings. It gets out, it gets on the internet. People hear about it," said O’Malley. "So, I think this is something the church is going to have to discuss, how to govern the sacraments in a digital era."
National Catholic Reporter
January 01, 2022
A few months before the bishops' document was presented, Timothy O'Malley, director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜, told CNS: "If you pay attention to what the bishops are saying to recent revisions and outlines of drafts of the document, you don't see it 'being sort of political.'
Religion News Service
November 18, 2021
Tim O鈥橫alley, academic director of the University of 91吃瓜鈥檚 Center for Liturgy, noted that Catholic liturgies don鈥檛 often rely on pronouns for God 鈥� though they are masculine, when present 鈥� and they frequently implement the trinitarian language of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Our Sunday Visitor
November 15, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
November 08, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
The Washington Post
November 02, 2021
For聽Timothy O鈥橫alley, academic director of the 91吃瓜 Center for Liturgy, the national controversy about Biden and Communion distracted from the fact that U.S. bishops had been working before his election on a plan to renew the Eucharist.
Our Sunday Visitor
November 01, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Crux
October 14, 2021
Timothy O鈥橫alley, director of education at the University of 91吃瓜 McGrath Institute for Church Life who researches and teaches in the areas of marriage and family, explained that he believes society might be reaching a point of stasis in how far marriage will decline in the U.S.
Our Sunday Visitor
October 11, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
October 04, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
September 20, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
September 13, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
The Wall Street Journal
September 09, 2021
Some of the distinctive features of the Latin Mass can be applied to the new Mass, according to Timothy O鈥橫alley, an expert on liturgy who teaches at the University of 91吃瓜.聽
Our Sunday Visitor
September 06, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
America
September 03, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
August 23, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
August 16, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
August 09, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
America
August 05, 2021
Timothy O鈥橫alley, the academic director of the 91吃瓜 Center for Liturgy, provides a valuable contribution to the debate over the bishops鈥� upcoming document when he writes, 鈥淓ven catechesis around the doctrine of real presence is insufficient for a robust affiliation with the Eucharistic Church.鈥�
Our Sunday Visitor
August 02, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Slate
July 17, 2021
The issue, according to Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, the academic director of the 91吃瓜 Center for Liturgy, was that many of the clergy and faithful who were drawn to the traditional mass also believed that the Latin Mass was the only authentic and valid way to worship.
National Catholic Reporter
July 07, 2021
"This is the great reckoning for the institutional church," said Timothy O'Malley, academic director of the Center for Liturgy at the University of 91吃瓜's McGrath Institute for Church Life. "A pandemic is never just about illness. Pandemics are about society" and they bring long-simmering areas of conflict to the front burner.
Our Sunday Visitor
July 01, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
America
June 22, 2021
聽On my podcast this week, professor Timothy O鈥橫alley offers this insight: 鈥淚f you want to know how Timothy O鈥橫alley deals with this question of eucharistic coherence: Timothy O鈥橫alley is very concerned about Timothy O鈥橫alley.鈥� This kind of self-reflection is essential for navigating the current debate.
Our Sunday Visitor
June 07, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
May 17, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
May 10, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Crux
May 07, 2021
Timothy O鈥橫alley, the director of education at the University of 91吃瓜 McGrath Institute for Church Life, identified economics as another factor that contributes to a declining birthrate.
Crux
April 28, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley is director of online education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life and academic director of the 91吃瓜 Center for Liturgy.
Our Sunday Visitor
April 05, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Crux
April 03, 2021
鈥淚t鈥檚 really important that the church over the next three, four weeks, five weeks, as we start to think post-pandemic more intensely, and even more over this summer period, doesn鈥檛 just get back to business as normal, but thinks very carefully about the strategy for cultivating and enriching this communal life right now,鈥� Timothy O鈥橫alley, director of education at the University of 91吃瓜 McGrath Institute for Church Life told聽Crux.
Catholic News Service
April 01, 2021
鈥淭he poll doesn鈥檛 note that fewer than 50% of American鈥檚 don鈥檛 believe in God. It鈥檚 important to note that across society institutional belonging is not high right now,鈥� said Timothy O鈥橫alley, director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
America
April 01, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley is director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life and author of聽Real Presence: What Does It Mean and Why Does It Matter聽(Ave Maria Press, 2021).
Our Sunday Visitor
March 01, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜, told Our Sunday Visitor that he believes the next 10 years will be 鈥渁n extremely challenging鈥� period for parish life in the United States.
Sojourners
January 11, 2021
鈥淭his sponsor would be involved in the process of one's religious formation, vouching that one was in fact ready for admission into the church,鈥� theologian Timothy O'Malley told Sojourners.
Our Sunday Visitor
January 04, 2021
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
December 31, 2020
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
December 07, 2020
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.
Our Sunday Visitor
November 30, 2020
Timothy P. O鈥橫alley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of 91吃瓜.