The youngest of six brothers, the Berrigans were born in Minnesota, and grew up in Syracuse, New York.
Their action at Catonsville was followed by similar ones involving 14 Catholic clergy and laity in Milwaukee, including several priests from the Boston area.
Their pictures appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Holy Cross Quarterly devoted a special issue to them. and because these records represent misplaced power, concentrated in the ruling class of America.”Īs the first Catholic priests arrested for civil disobedience, in Catonsville, Daniel and Philip were suddenly famous. Their statement read, “We use napalm on these draft records because napalm has burned people to death in Vietnam, Guatamala, because they exploit our young men. The brothers, both priests, had come to prominence in 1968 when they joined five other men and two women to burn draft files in the parking lot of Local Board 33 in Catonsville, Maryland. and abroad.ĭaniel and Philip Berrigan, whose lives directly touched many people in Worcester, were already well known across the country. 9, 1980, the King of Prussia Plowshares, war resistors including brothers Daniel and Philip Berrigan and Worcester resident Tom Lewis, poured blood on a nuclear warhead at the General Electric Technology Center in Pennsylvania. It was the first of more than 70 acts of nonviolent civil disobedience involving Plowshares groups against war-making and arms manufacturers in the U.S.
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