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 Greater Glory,” the new film about Mexico’s repression of the Catholic Church in the 1920s, couldn’t have come at a better time. The film, which is in limited engagement at three theaters in Manhattan, tells the story of the little-known or easily forgotten tyrannical moves against religious liberty by President Plutoarco Calles, Reuben […]
A visit to one of our Catholic Cemeteries never fails to impress. Thousands of Catholics flocked to our cemeteries again last weekend for the annual Memorial Day Field Masses. At St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, L.I., (yes, it’s owned by the Diocese of Brooklyn), Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano, the Vicar General of the Diocese, celebrated the […]
At the diocesan observance of World Communication Day, a local pastor and a publisher had some interesting things to say about how the new social media impacts parish life. For instance, the parish bulletin, a staple in every parish on Sunday, now can be found online. Joe Luedtke, president of the E-giving division of Liturgical […]
Without certain special interest groups, some issues could slip through the crack of inattention. Thanks to the Becket Fund, the problems with the HHS mandate in the Obama Care package will not get past the view of the public. The folks at the Becket Fund understand that religious liberty is the first of all freedoms […]
Msgr. Joe Calise, the pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish, Williamsburg, correctly summed it up. “If they had put it to a vote of the presbyterate, these guys would have been the first two choices,” he said. He was referring to the selection of our two new bishops-elect, Msgrs. Raymond Chappetto and Paul […]
News this week that the three metropolitan area dioceses will unite their priestly formation programs highlights yet another transformation for the diocesan center in Douglaston. Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center will be the site for the Cathedral Seminary House of Formation. This residential program for college men considering vocations to the priesthood is really a step […]
At the end of the Migration Day Mass last Sunday at St. Joseph’s Church on Pacific St. in Prospect Heights, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio announced that he has petitioned the Vatican to name the church as a Co-Cathedral for the Diocese of Brooklyn. In addition, he also challenged the various ethnic apostolates of Brooklyn and Queens […]
I drove to Philadelphia last week just to take a break for a few days. Tolls on the way down came to $24.50. Coming back, they amounted to $16. That’s $40 for the right to travel from one city to another. While in the City of Brotherly Love, we stayed at a nice hotel with […]
Each year, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrates the Easter Vigil in the parish where there are the most baptisms produced by the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) program. This year, St. John Vianney in Flushing was the big winner with 60 new Catholics entering the Church. An additional 14 will be baptized on Pentecost […]
What a week it has been! Pope Benedict’s historic journey to Mexico and Cuba this past week was a huge undertaking. Not just for the 84-year-old pontiff, but also for our local media here in the diocese. The DeSales Media Group, which produces both The Tablet and NET television, made a strong commitment to covering […]
