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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 .
Daniel Berrigan was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison to begin on April 9, 1970. According to Anke Wessels, director of Cornell's Center for Religion, Ethics, and Social Policy, "On the very day he was scheduled to begin his prison term, he left his office keys on a secretary's desk in Anabel Taylor Hall and disappeared."
He had five brothers, including the Jesuit fellow-activist and poet, Daniel Berrigan. 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]
Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Minnesota – New York, USA) Rosemae Pender (1921–2016), Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist (Illinois, USA – Connecticut, USA) Marvin Alfred Mottet (1930–2016), Priest of the Diocese of Davenport (Iowa, USA)
Fr. Daniel Berrigan, [64] [65] Activist who was part of the Catonsville Nine and the Plowshares Movement. Fr. Virgil Blum , [ 66 ] Founded the Catholic League . Fr. George Coyne , [ 67 ] Former director of the Vatican Observatory .
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.
In 1966, during this period of change, Father Daniel Berrigan, a Jesuit priest, became assistant director of Cornell United Religious Work, the umbrella organization for all religious groups on campus, including the Cornell Catholic Community.
The Catonsville Nine were a nine-person Catholic activist group, led by Jesuit priest Father Daniel Berrigan, who opposed Vietnam War by burning 378 draft files with their homemade napalm. They then went underground after being tried and sentenced for 18 years for destroying the draft files and interference with Selective Service Act of 1967.