<sod>In 1940, Bishop Joseph Moran Corrigan, Rector of the [[Catholic University of America]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] invited Connell to teach dogma there.  Connell accepted with the permission of his superiors.  However, during the summer of the same year, Fr. James W. O'Brien, then professor of moral theology, was reassigned by his own bishop to a become rector of the archdiocesan seminary in [[Cincinnati]].  Connell was asked to fill O'Brien's teaching post and did so from the Autumn of 1940 until his retirement in 1958.<ref>Patrick Granfield, O.S.B. "An Interview with Father Connell," ''American Ecclesiastical Review'' 157 (1967):75.</ref>  At the same time, from 1945 until 1950, he gained the additional task of serving as rector of [[Holy Redeemer College]], in Washington, D.C. Then, from 1949 to 1957, Connell was Dean of the School of Sacred Theology at Catholic University.  Additionally from 1958 to 1967, he was Dean of Religious Communities at the Catholic University, although from 1958 to 1962 he was also was professor of Sacred Sciences at [[St. John's University (New York)|St. John's University]] in New York.<eod>
<sod>In 1940, Bishop Joseph Moran Corrigan, Rector of the [[Catholic University of America]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] invited Connell to teach dogma there.  Connell accepted with the permission of his superiors.  However, during the summer of the same year, Fr. James W. O'Brien, then professor of moral theology, was reassigned by his own bishop to a become rector of the archdiocesan seminary in [[Cincinnati]].  Connell was asked to fill O'Brien's teaching post and did so from the Autumn of 1940 until his retirement in 1958.<ref>Patrick Granfield, O.S.B. "An Interview with Father Connell," ''American Ecclesiastical Review'' 157 (1967):75.</ref>  At the same time, from 1945 until 1950, he gained the additional task of serving as rector of [[Holy Redeemer College]], in Washington, D.C. Then, from 1949 to 1957, Connell was Dean of the School of Sacred Theology at Catholic University.  Additionally from 1958 to 1967, he was Dean of Religious Communities at the Catholic University, although from 1958 to 1962 he was also professor of Sacred Sciences at [[St. John's University (New York)|St. John's University]] in New York.<eod>