Ed Wilkinson, a member of The Tablet staff for more than 45 years, is Editor Emeritus. He received a B.A. in Philosophy from Cathedral College and studied theology for a year at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, N.Y. He is an active parishioner at Our Lady of Angels parish in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Below is a Currents News special about Wilkinson as well as an archive of his columns from The Tablet.
We conclude our coverage of the 50th anniversary of the New York World’s Fair by announcing the winners of our memorabilia giveaway. We gathered all the names of our readers who sent us their memories of the Fair and randomly selected the winners of the 13 items we had collected.
So many parishioners have shared their memories of the New York World’s Fair that was held in Flushing Meadow 50 years ago.
Last week, I wrote about the Vatican Pavilion at the New York 1964-1965 World’s Fair, and I mentioned the treasure trove of souvenirs that I found in my garage.
I’m a collector. I save all kinds of souvenirs. Brochures. Match book covers. Ticket stubs. Programs. Photographs. Sometimes I don’t even know what I have in my treasure trove.
In unusually strong language, the Vatican is asking the world to intercede to prevent the genocide being carried out in Iraq by the terrorists who make up the Islamic State.
A few mid-summer observations about the liturgy and how it is celebrated.
On the front page of last week’s edition, we reported about the mass religious persecution that is taking place in Iraq, especially in the city of Mosul, where Christians were told they would have to convert to Islam or pay a tax or get out of the country.
In the neighborhood where I grew up, summer was a time of carefree fun for kids. We always had a place to go and something to do.
Don’t tell Msgr. David Cassato that he can’t go home again.
This year’s priestly ordination ceremony had to be one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the church calendar. It’s not often that a diocese can boast about ordaining more priests for a single year than any other diocese or archdiocese in the country. But that was the case in Brooklyn this year.
