[Magdalen] R.I.P. Daniel Berrigan

[Joseph Cirou]

Eternal memory to all these saints I did not know anything about Jerry Berrigan, senior sibling of Dan until I read the obituary that mentioned that Jerry was also a peace advocate and had about a month. Also read about Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton having rservations (polite I am sure) about Dan Berrigan. Considering that a number of canonized sites were on opposite side of the Great Western Schism, it is not surprising that good and holy people had various views of the Vietnam Conflict, They are now at peace together around the table of grace

Joe

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>From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
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>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] R.I.P. Daniel Berrigan
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>In a message dated 5/1/2016 3:30:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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>Daniel  Berrigan, one of the heroes of the anti-Vietnam War movement, one of
>my  heroes, and I would venture to say one of the heroes of not a few of us
>on  this list, died yesterday at the age of 94. May he rest in peace and
>rise  in glory.>>>>>>>>>>
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> 
>He was preceded in death by an old, wonderful friend of mine,
>Steve Hartwell.  Steve was a native of Eau Claire who enlisted in  the
>US Navy during the Viet Nam War.  He was posted to one of the
>Iowa Class Battleships involved in shelling the shores of contested
>coastal areas in Viet Nam.
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>One day, and fortunately near the time of his discharge, he  experienced
>an epiphany:  Despite not seeing his adversaries (the warships  were
>5 miles off shore) he realized those guns were killing real people on  
>shore.
> 
>He rapidly became an anti-war radical, and joined the Berrigan  Brothers
>for several years.  Always highly spiritual, he then joined the  Anglican
>Franciscans, and was stationed at San Damiano Priory in San Francisco
>for a spell.  He also was highly involved in the Bishop's Ranch  facility in
>the Napa Valley.
> 
>While there, he found his beloved friend, Ray Miller, a legal 
>assistant for one of the big Seattle legal firms, and they had a  grand
>life together there.  I hosted them here in Pennsylvania twice  during
>those years.
> 
>Then it was liver cancer.  Steve had never been a drinker and  never
>had hepatitis.  He called me and we had a long, last chat about a  month
>before he died.  The measure of how the Seattle Diocese  (?Olympia)
>valued him was evident in the presence of 4 Episcopal bishops at his
>funeral Requiem.
> 
>I'm sure there have been some grand times with the Berrigans
>beyond the Gates.
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>David Strang.
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