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Selected Moments from the Career and Contributions of David J. O'Brien

A check of the Notre Dame Archives shows that the papers of David J. O’Brien currently occupy thirty-five linear feet and that their expansion is ongoing.1 These reflective comments must necessarily be highly selective. I will begin with my first engagement with O’Brien’s work as a reviewer of The Renewal of American Catholicism, then report on a special bicentennial project in which he was a key participant, and also some dialogue three decades ago about the need for a new journal dealing with Catholicism in the United States. I will conclude with attention to some dimensions of his scholarly service to the Church.