Jerry Berrigan, a Catholic Peace Activist, Dies at 95

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Jerry Berrigan, left, and his brother the Rev. Daniel Berrigan with Sister Elizabeth McAlister in 1972. Credit United Press International

By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
AUG. 2, 2015

Jerry Berrigan, a Catholic peace activist who, like his better known brothers Philip and Daniel, was arrested frequently for protesting the Vietnam War and other conflicts, died on July 26, at his home in Syracuse. He was 95.

His death was confirmed by his daughter Carla Berrigan Pittarelli.

Mr. Berrigan was a quieter counterpart to his brothers, the former Josephite priest Philip and the Jesuit priest and author Daniel. The two of them became international antiwar figures after they participated in the burning of Selective Service draft records in Catonsville, Md., on May 17, 1968. The trial of the Catonsville Nine, as they were known, helped galvanize protesters across the country.

Though he was not among the Catonsville Nine, Mr. Berrigan joined his brothers in other protests, against nuclear proliferation, both wars in Iraq and other causes. He, Daniel and 58 others were arrested in 1973 for disrupting a White House tour by kneeling in prayer on the last day of United States bombing in Cambodia, and he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for pouring blood on the floor of the Pentagon in 1979.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/nyregion/jerry-berrigan-a-catholic-peace-activist-dies-at-95.html?_r=0

[TexasProgresive]

1. May Jerry, through the mercy of God, rest in peace

And Jerry and Philip we could sure use some intercession that some brave, YOUNG, people will put on your shoes.

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5. "He was last arrested in 2011 after protesting Reaper drones at Hancock Field

Air National Guard Base in Syracuse. He was 91."

Here's an obituary.

http://ncronline.org/news/peace-justice/jerry-berrigan-activist-berrigan-brothers-dies-95

He spent a lot of his time at one of the Catholic Worker houses.

Dorothy Day House
PO Box 77
Syracuse NY 13205

Phone: [phone]

Publication: Dorothy Day House Newsletter

Consider contacting the Dorothy Day House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.

http://www.catholicworker.org/communities/directory.html#Top

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2. RIP

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. He had a life to be proud of.

[Jim__]

4. RIP

[AtheistCrusader]

6. A real shame, with all these Catholic warmongers still running around.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-02-26/jeb-bush-wouldn-t-hesitate-to-start-third-bush-war-

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7. They have a lot in common with Harris and Hitchens.

A real shame.

[AtheistCrusader]

8. Especially given the ratio of one population to the other.

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9. There are many who are eager to broadcast them beyond their proportion.

[AtheistCrusader]

10. Do tell.

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11. I'd rather acknowledge his life.

Feel free to deflect.

[AtheistCrusader]

12. Ok.

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13. Thank you.

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14. May he rest in Peace.

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15. Dare I say that he was a True Christian? (nt)

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16. These were great people

who showed us what real Christianity is.