Daniel Berrigan (1921-2016) was a Jesuit priest, poet, and
peacemaker, whose words and actions over the past 50 years have
offered a powerful witness to the God of Life. Fr. Berrigan, along
with his brother Philip, was one of the Catonsville 9, arrested and
imprisoned in 1968 for destroying draft files in a protest against
the Vietnam War. But this was only one step along a journey of faith.
Through
this careful selection from his many books, journals, poems, and
homilies, a chronicle of Fr. Berrigan's life and work unfolds, from
the early steps in his vocation, to his decision to cross the line
and go to prison, his ongoing witness for peace, and his
extraordinary commentaries on scripture and the life of radical
discipleship. There is no better introduction to the work of one of
most extraordinary activists and Christian witnesses of our time.
John
Dear is a priest, activist, lecturer, and author of thirty books
including Thomas Merton Peacemaker; Lazarus, Come Forth!; You Will
Be My Witnesses (with art by William Hart McNichols), Mohandas
Gandhi: Essential Writings; and an autobiography, A Persistent
Peace (Doubleday/Image) He was nominated for the Nobel Peace
Prize by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He lives in New Mexico.
www.fatherjohndear.org