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.
Parishes and diocesan agencies that need help buying gifts for children this Christmas need look no further than The Tablet’s Bright Christmas Fund. All they have to do is ask, and we will respond. For more than 40 years, The Tablet’s Bright Christmas has responded to the needs of the less fortunate by providing funds […]
Mike Long is the kind of guy you want to chair your local Catholic school board. Not only does he care passionately about Catholic education, but, as chairman of the New York State Conservative Party and a former neighborhood business owner, he brings organizational and financial skills that are needed to keep a school afloat. […]
What Indonesian Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens may lack in numbers, they make up in enthusiasm and fanfare. There are about 500 Catholics from the Asian nation that is made up of more than 17,000 islands in Southeast Asia and Oceania, who come together to celebrate their faith here. With colorful costumes and joyous singing, […]
For the sixth year in a row, St. Bernadette’s School in Dyker Heights has raised more money for the missions around the world than any other school in the diocese. The students were honored for their efforts at a World Mission Sunday ceremony at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn. (See photos in centerfold.) Last year, […]
It was a big night at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan when the Futures in Education Foundation held its annual Scholarship Dinner. There were big names in the crowd and big dividends for needy students who want to attend Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens. By the end of the evening, Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, the diocese’s […]
The annual Shining Star Award Dinner is so popular that the Diocesan Migration Services has to run two of them. (See photos on Page 8.) Sixteen people were honored last week, and 13 more were scheduled to be honored this week as Catholics who have come to the U.S. from another country and made outstanding […]
Signers of The Manhattan Declaration held what amounted to a pep rally for their cause last week at Columbia University. Cardinal Timothy Dolan was there for the opening prayer service to lend his support to the evening’s program, which included a host of speakers defending religious liberty, traditional marriage and the right to life. The […]
Reactions to a published interview with Pope Francis in last week’s America magazine have Church pundits puzzled, but they are at no loss for words in trying to explain what the Holy Father meant. The section that has received the most comments was: “We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and […]
There’s a new 9/11 memorial in Brooklyn. It was dedicated last week on the 12th anniversary of that horrific terrorist attack on America. The new shrine is located outside St. Athanasius Church, Bensonhurst, and was dedicated by its pastor, Msgr. David Cassato, in memory of two parishioners who died in the World Trade Center – […]
With his call for peace in the world in the face of another Middle East war, Pope Francis has established himself clearly as a world leader. The Holy Father stepped up the prospects for a peaceful solution to the current mess in Syria when he called upon the world not to intervene militarily in a […]
