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Philip Francis Berrigan SSJ (October 5, 1923 – December 6, 2002) was an American peace activist and Catholic priest [1] [2] [3] with the Josephites. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He engaged in nonviolent, civil disobedience in the cause of peace and nuclear disarmament and was often arrested.
On October 17, 1967, Fr. Philip Berrigan and Tom Lewis raided the Baltimore City Custom House and poured blood on draft records as part of "The Baltimore Four" (with David Eberhardt and James Mengel) and were out on bail when they burned the records at Catonsville. [1]
Father Berrigan was serving time in the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, in central Pennsylvania. Boyd Douglas, who eventually would become an FBI informant and star prosecution witness, was a fellow inmate. Douglas was on a work-release at the library at nearby Bucknell University. Douglas used his connection with Berrigan to convince some ...
Daniel Joseph Berrigan SJ (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author.. Berrigan's protests against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, especially regarding his association with the Catonsville Nine.
Elizabeth McAlister (born November 17, 1939 [1]) is an American peace activist and former nun of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. [2] [3] [4] She married Philip Berrigan and was excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
Philip Berrigan, anti-war activist; Eugene Marino, first African-American Catholic archbishop; Carl Fisher, first and only African-American Catholic bishop west of Texas; William Norvel, elected superior general in 2011; first Black man to head a Catholic religious community in the United States
Philip Berrigan, American Catholic priest and peace activist, brother of Daniel Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Father Berrigan .
Philip Berrigan; M. Elizabeth McAlister; P. Plowshares movement This page was last edited on 27 October 2024, at 09:47 (UTC). Text is available under the ...