Walking where one’s word leads: Daniel Berrigan and Discernment in Times of Crisis
February 3, 2022, 7:00 PM (ET)
“Freedom consequent on the accepted necessity of walking where one’s word leads…Bodies belong where words lead.” From Daniel Berrigan’s poem, “September 27, 1971”
Discernment in the Life of Daniel Berrigan
Daniel Cosacchi is an assistant professor of religious studies at Marywood University in Scranton, Pa. He is the co-editor of The Berrigan Letters: Personal Correspondence between Daniel and Philip Berrigan (Orbis, 2016). Dan’s presentation will explore Berrigan’s experience of discernment in his life of resistance.
What is ours to do in these times of crisis and new possibilities? Ethos, Action, and Social Justice.
Edgar Rivera Colón, PhD is a Medical Anthropologist who teaches at Columbia University’s Narrative Medicine program. He is an expert on Latinx queer male sexual cultures. Dr. Rivera Colón trains public health professionals in working with Latinx LGBTQ communities in cultural and structural competency.
Before the ZOOM session, please reflect on your own answers to these questions:
What about Daniel Berrigan’s life and work speaks to you about acting in the face of the multiple crises we face today?
How do we name this moment? What is my task to do in this moment? What is ours to do together?