On the Block

Have you ever wondered what a priest did before he became a priest? Or why a priest wanted to be a priest? Ed Wilkinson, editor emeritus of Brooklyn Diocese’s Tablet newspaper, talks with priests about their earlier lives to get a better understanding of the thoughts and actions that led young men to decide to dedicate their lives to God.

Recent episodes of the show for this season are viewable below.

Recent Episodes

Fr. Mark Matthias

March 22, 2018

Former film and television actor and now the Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament Church in Bayside Queens, Father Mark […]

Fr. Victor Bolanos

March 15, 2018

Father Victor M. Bolaños, Parochial Vicar and Director of New Evangelization at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Jamaica, […]

Msgr. Robert Ramono

March 8, 2018

Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, in Brooklyn, Police Chaplain, and Two-Star Police Chief, Father Robert Romano talks to Ed […]

Fr. Saint Charles Borno

March 1, 2018

Haitian born, Father Charles Borno, pastor of St. Teresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church, talks with Ed Wilkinson about his vocation, which […]

Fr. Ron Marino

February 22, 2018

Father Ron Marino, pastor of Basilica of Regina Pacis, has traveled around the country and around the world giving speeches on immigration. […]

Fr. Christopher O’Connor

February 15, 2018

Ed Wilkinson talks to Father Chris O’Connor, pastor of St. Mary’s Winfield Parish in Woodside, Queens. He never went to church as […]

Fr. Robert Lauder

February 8, 2018

Father Robert Lauder, St. John’s esteemed professor of philosophy and host of The Catholic Novel, talks with former student, Ed Wilkinson, about […]

Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello

February 1, 2018

Everyone’s favorite chef, Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, pastor of The Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, talks with Ed Wilkinson about […]

Fr. Chris Heanue

January 25, 2018

Ed Wilkinson talks with Father Chris Heanue, Parochial Vicar and Administrator of Holy Child Jesus, who was a newly ordained priest of […]

Fr. Thomas Devery

April 5, 2017

On this episode of On the Block, Ed Wilkinson, Editor of the Tablet newspaper, talks with Fr. Thomas Devery, the pastor of […]