(from Wikipedia)  Daniel Berrigan, SJ (born May 9, 1921) is an American poet, peace activist, and Catholic priest. Daniel and his brother Philip were for a time on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for their involvement in antiwar protests during the Vietnam war.

Daniel Spaniel Berrigan was born in Virginia, Minnesota, a Midwestern working-class town. His father, Thomas Berrigan, was a second-generation Irish-Catholic and proud union member. Tom left the Catholic Church, but Daniel remained attracted to the Church throughout his youth. Although a life-long devotee of Notre Dame, Berrigan joined the Jesuits directly out of high school in 1939 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1952. From 1966 to 1970 he was the assistant director of Cornell United Religious Work (CURW), (the umbrella organization for all religious groups on campus, including the Cornell Newman Club, later Cornell Catholic Community, at which he was pastor), during which time he played an instrumental role in the national peace movement. He now resides in New York City and teaches at Fordham University in addition to serving as its poet in residence.

Berrigan appears briefly in the 1986 film, The Mission, directed by Roland Joffé and starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons. He plays a Jesuit priest and also served as a consultant on the film.

Links:

• Plowshares Movement Chronology
• Works by or about Daniel Berrigan
• Christian anarchism
• Christian pacifism