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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 .
Fr. Daniel Berrigan wrote a play in free verse, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, about the trial. The version performed is usually an adaptation into regular dialogue by Saul Levitt. The play is based on a partial transcript of the trial. In 1972 a film version of the play was produced by Gregory Peck. It cost $300,000 and Peck "lost every ...
This is a bibliography of works by and about Daniel Joseph Berrigan, S.J. (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016), who was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, poet, essayist, and university instructor.
His mother, Frieda (née Fromhart), was of German descent and deeply religious. His father, Tom Berrigan, was a second-generation Irish-Catholic, trade union member, socialist, and railway engineer. [4] [6] Philip Berrigan graduated from high school in Syracuse, New York, and was then employed cleaning trains for the New York Central Railroad ...
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 ...
Rev. Regis J. Armstrong, [31] [32] Professor in the School of Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America who is an expert on Francis of Assisi and Clare of Assisi. Father Thomas Weinandy , [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Executive Director of Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
Father Berrigan may refer to: Daniel Berrigan, American Catholic priest and peace activist, brother of Philip; Philip Berrigan, American Catholic priest and peace ...
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