Daniel Berrigan (1921-2016)
Allen Ginsberg and Daniel Ellsberg, together on the occasion of the Daniel Berrigan 75th Birthday celebration New York City, 1996, photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate
Jesuit priest, Christian pacifist, anti-war activist, Daniel Berrigan was born on this day
(May 9, 1921)
In 1974 the War Resisters League Peace Award was given to Berrigan by Allen in a formal presentation – “To Daniel Berrigan, for his irritating vocation as a prophet in our times, angering us in our complacency, embracing us in our humanity. Leaping beyond his own limits, he has led us beyond ours.”
Here’s Amy Goodman “remembering the life and legacy of the Anti-War Priest and Poet”
Berrigan passed away in 2016. Here’s another shot from Allen – A glimpse of Berrigan reading to assembled friends, on the occasion of his 75th Birthday
Daniel Berrigan reading on the occasion of his 75th Birthday celebration New York City, 1996, photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate
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