Born May 9, 1921
Virginia, Minnesota

Philip F. Berrigan

Born October 5, 1923
Two Harbors, Minnesota

Jesuit priests and peace activists

Daniel and Philip Berrigan were both ordained as Jesuit priests in the 1950s. They became adherents of a secular (worldly) religious philosophy that promotes the improvement of the human condition, or the creation of a “heaven” here on Earth. Daniel and Philip Berrigan came into the public eye in 1967 and 1968, when they were arrested and served time in prison for dramatic protests against the Vietnam War (1954–75). The brothers’ involvement in peace and justice issues has been unfailing, from their civil rights and anti-Vietnam war activism of the 1960s and 1970s to their antinuclear weapons activism of the 1980s and 1990s.

Sons of a union activist

Daniel and Philip Berrigan were born in northern Minnesota: Daniel on May 9, 1921, in the town of Virginia; and...