Michael Driscoll
Professor Emeritus
- Department
- Theology
- College or School
- College of Arts & Letters
- Year of Emeritus Status 2017
Rev. Michael S. Driscoll is a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena in Montana. Ordained in 1977, he has spent the majority of his years in the priesthood teaching, first at Carroll College, the diocesan college in Helena, from 1981 to 1994, and then at the University of Notre Dame since 1994. He attained emeritus status in 2017.
He pursued his graduate studies, first at the Gregorian University in Rome, then at Sant'Anselmo, and earned his doctorates from the University of Paris-Sorbonne and the Institut Catholique. His specialization is in the area of sacramental theology and liturgy. He has been the founding director of the graduate program in Sacred Music (MSM) and the Interdisciplinary Minor in Liturgical Music Ministry at the University of Notre Dame since 2005.
During his seminary years in Rome, he directed the choir of the North American College. Additionally, while teaching at Carroll College, he led the choir at the Cathedral of St. Helena for many years. Since arriving in South Bend in 1994, he has performed with the South Bend Chamber Singers, directed by Dr. Nancy Menk, and with the Collegium Musicum, directed by Dan Stowe.
He is an active member of several professional groups, having served in leadership roles in each: the North American Academy of Liturgy (NAAL), the Societas Liturgica, and the Catholic Academy of Liturgy (CAL). He has published two books: Alcuin et la pénitence à l'époque carolingienne, LQF 81 (Münster: Aschendorff Verlag, 1999), and The Order of Mass: A Roman Missal Study Edition and Workbook, co-authored with J. Michael Joncas (Chicago: Liturgical Training Publications, 2011), as well as numerous articles in journals such as Worship, Ecclesia Orans, and Traditio.
Email: driscoll.7@nd.edu