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.
For 53 years, Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Hope Church, Middle Village. So, it was only fitting when he died June 7, that the parish be given a special opportunity to say farewell and thank you. Our Lady of Hope Church became the site for the vigil Mass for Bishop […]
Word that Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan had been in a severe automobile accident rocked the newsroom. Although he was 83 years old and retired for eight years, Bishop Sullivan was still a strong and vigorous member of the Church hierarchy. His subsequent death from the injuries sustained in that accident leaves a big hole in […]
A little more than six months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the shoreline communities of the diocese, the terrible damage sustained by that event continues to be felt. The beaches may be open for the season, but many of the people returning to the shore are not the same as last year. The volunteers have slowed […]
Hundreds flocked to local Catholic Cemeteries on Memorial Day for the field Masses that were offered for the repose of the souls interred on the grounds. While these religious burial grounds serve as the final resting place for our relatives and friends, they also tell the history of the Church here in Brooklyn and Queens. […]
“Before You Were Born” is a 299-page love letter written by Marguerite Rocholl to her grown children. It’s a family story of growing up in the 1950s in Broad Channel, the island community in Queens that sits between Howard Beach and the Rockaways. It’s the story about a time when family was the center of […]
When Father Charlie Keeney went on an African safari several years ago, he expected to be on vacation. Instead, he came back with a whole new ministry. “The last day I was there, I met a Polish-born priest who told me about a home he started for little children whose mothers were in jail,” remembers […]
The Chinese represent one of the largest groups of immigrants currently coming to our diocese. There are more than 380,000 Chinese immigrants living in Brooklyn and Queens. Among them are many Catholics, who bring with them their religious traditions and practices. Last weekend in Flushing, hundreds of Chinese Catholics gathered for the fifth annual procession […]
The Knights of Columbus and the Sisters of Life have a lot of common. One similarity is that they have a great admiration for each other since they are both committed to the goal of preserving the dignity of human life, especially the unborn. To show how grateful the Knights are to the Sisters, the […]
As the church bells rang at Holy Name, Windsor Terrace, and a light cool breeze blew, parishioners stood outside the church with lighted candles and remembered. This was last Monday evening, one week after the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Father Jim Cunningham, pastor, organized an interfaith prayer service for all the people who were […]
There are more questions than answers about the terror attack on the Boston Marathon this week. No one knows that better than people who were on the scene, like Father Brian Jordan, O.F.M., a chaplain at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, and Bridget Cunningham, the niece of Father Jim Cunningham, pastor of Holy Name, Windsor […]
