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Daniel Berrigan was an American Jesuit priest, poet, and peace activist. He was born in Virginia, Minnesota, on May 9, 1921. He was the fifth of six children born to Thomas Berrigan and Frieda (Fromhart) Berrigan. Berrigan attended St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1952. He then went on to study at the University of Louvain in Belgium, where he earned a doctorate in sacred theology in 1956. Berrigan was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War and a leader in the Catholic peace movement. He was arrested numerous times for his activism, including for his involvement in the Catonsville Nine, a group of Catholic activists who burned draft records in protest of the war. Berrigan was also a prolific poet and author. He wrote more than 50 books, including poetry, plays, and essays. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pacem in Terris Award, the Lannan Literary Award, and the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award. Berrigan died on April 30, 2016, at the age of 94.

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Occupation writer,actor
Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 9 May, 1921
Birthday 9 May
Birthplace Virginia, Minnesota, USA
Date of death 30 April, 2016
Died Place Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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2016

Father Daniel J. Berrigan, S. J. died at the age of 95 on April 30, 2016.

2002

" His brother Philip, also a priest (but who left active ministry), was one of the "Four" and "Nine" and died in 2002. Survivors include a sister and three brothers.

1997

Jesuit priest and teacher at Fordham University in New York [1997]

1971

His play, "The Trial of Catonsville Nine" on off-Broadway in New York City was awarded the 1971 OBIE Award for Distinguished Production.

1968

Former Washington Post columnist McCarthy described the Catonsville event: "In May 1968, Father Berrigan, his brother and fellow priest Philip Berrigan, and seven other activists entered a Selective Service office in Catonsville, Md. They gathered hundreds of draft files, lugged them outside and, with a recipe of kerosene and soap chips taken from a Green Berets handbook, burned them to ashes.

The Catonsville Nine, as they became known, were arrested, and in a five-day trial in October 1968, they were found guilty of destruction of government property.

1960

Colman McCarthy, former columnist for the Washington Post, called Berrigan "a major figure in the radical left of the 1960s and 1970s," who died at a Jesuit residence at Fordham University in the Bronx. Known as a poet and non-violent activist, the priest led antiwar protests, was unable to be with "The Baltimore Four", but most famously spent two years in prison for acts of civil disobedience that became well known through his play and the film "The Trial of The Catonsville Nine.

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