Timothy P. O'Malley

Timothy P. O’Malley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame.

Christmas: A birth and a wedding

December 22, 2025
By Timothy P. O'Malley
OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary

So rejoice this day. For the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ is the beginning of the wedding feast of the Lamb. And we are guests to both.

The ‘religion’ of football: Searching for the rightly ordered soul

August 31, 2023
By Timothy P. O'Malley
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Sports

I reflect on football in American life as a full, conscious, and active participant in the annual autumn carnival.