The most recent issue of the Jesuit publication America has a short article featuring an interview with Berrigan.
I know Dan Berrigan a bit – although I haven't seen him in several years. in 1995 I was at his apartment with a small group planning a demonstration on the 50th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Japan. I was arrested with him on about three occasions in the nineties protesting nuclear weapons (I suppose I'm name-dropping and bragging).
I appreciate the fact that Berrigan – unlike many of the Catholic social justice crowd - spoke out on all the issues, including abortion. He was arrested several times protesting at "clinics".
His writings are wonderful – here's a fine collection from over the years – Testimony The Word Made Fresh http://www.amazon.com/Testimony-Word-Fresh-Daniel-Berrigan/dp/1570755450/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246498532&sr=8-1
And here's the America article – it's relatively short. I think it's in the free article section but if you can't access it, email me and I'll send you the code to get onto the site.
America | The National Catholic Weekly – Looking Back In Gratitude
What are you most grateful for as you look back over your long life?” I asked Daniel Berrigan, S.J., who is 88. We were sitting last December in his light-filled living room at the Jesuit residence in Manhattan where he has lived since 1975. He answered immediately: “My Jesuit vocation.” Any regrets? I asked. “I could have done sooner the things I did, like Catonsville,” he replied. That historic act of burning draft files took place in the parking lot of a U.S. Selective Service Office in Catonsville, outside Baltimore, Md., on May 17, 1968. It was one of the earliest and most dramatic of several demonstrations for peace in which Berrigan took part over the years.
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Throughout most of his life as a Jesuit, Daniel Berrigan has consistently spoken out against violence in all its forms, including abortion. “I have always made it clear,” he said, “that I am against everything from war to abortion to euthanasia. I have avoided being a single-issue person.”
The community’s consistent support for his varied activities over three decades is something else for which Father Berrigan is especially grateful. With considerable understatement, he suggested that the inscription over his grave might read: “It was never dull. Alleluia.”
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