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


Bishop John O’Hara

Bishop John O’Hara

March 29, 2017

On this episode of On the Block, Ed Wilkinson, Editor of the Tablet newspaper,  talks with Most Reverend John O’Hara, Bishop of […]

Fr. Joseph Holcomb

Fr. Joseph Holcomb

March 22, 2017

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

Fr. Joseph Fitzgerald

Fr. Joseph Fitzgerald

March 15, 2017

On this episode of On the Block, Ed Wilkinson, Editor of the Tablet newspaper, talks with Father Joseph Fitzgerald, the Director of […]

Fr. Mark Bristol

Fr. Mark Bristol

March 1, 2017

On this episode of On the Block, Ed Wilkinson, Editor of the Tablet newspaper, talks with Father Mark Bristol, who is the […]

Father Rafael Perez

Father Rafael Perez

February 22, 2017

Ed Wilkinson, Editor of The Tablet talks with Father Rafael Perez, the Parochial  Vicar at Divine Mercy Parish, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Father Frank Black

Father Frank Black

February 15, 2017

On this episode, host Ed Wilkinson, Editor of the Tablet, meets with Father Frank Black, Pastor of St. Gregory the Great, St. […]

Father Sean Suckiel

Father Sean Suckiel

February 8, 2017

On this episode, host Ed Wilkinson, Editor of the Tablet, meets with Father Sean Suckiel, the Vocation Director of the Diocese of […]

Msgr. John Delendick

Msgr. John Delendick

January 25, 2017

Msgr. John Delendick is the Pastor of St. Jude, Canarsie and a chaplain to New York Fire Department.

Fr. Jeffrey Dillon

Fr. Jeffrey Dillon

January 25, 2017

Father Jeffry Dillon, a former police officer who turned in his badge so he could serve in the precinct of the Lord, […]

Fr. Kevin Abels

Fr. Kevin Abels

June 28, 2016

On the one hour season finale of On The Block, the pastor of St. Sebastian’s parish, Father Kevin Abels, spoke with Ed […]

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