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**Our Name the Blog contest is now closed. Thank you to all who participated!!** 

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Make sure you include your full name, DePaul status, and contact information with your submission.  You can also enter in person at either the Loop Library or the Richardson Library, please inquire at one of the service desks for more information.  

Who: All members of the DePaul community (students, staff, faculty, and alumni)

What: Name our blog

When: March 31st thru April 14th

Where: Online, or at the Loop and Lincoln Park Library Service Desks

Why: Who doesn't want to win an iPod shuffle? 

There is no limit on number of entry submissions*

* a random drawing for the iPod Shuffle will be held in the event a name is not selected from the contest. 

Priests for Peace: The nonviolent roots of 1968 protests


March 2008 marked the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and this anniversary saw numerous protests against that war.  Anti-war protests emerge from many attitudes and ideas, including deep religious convictions.  This exhibit (available now until November 1, 2008) from the collection of Daniel Berrigan shows how he developed some of his beliefs of the role of religion.  It highlights the protest of the Catonsville 9 in 1968, burning draft records with the same napalm then in use in Vietnam to burn villages and villagers.

The 1960's witnessed an upsurge of dissidence within the American Catholic church, with religious figures taking part in protests in black ghettos across the country and against the Johnson Administration's pledge to win the Vietnam War.  Rev. Daniel Berrigan, S. J., was deeply committed to political and spiritual activism, and his work as a Jesuit priest, social activist, and author of nonfiction and poetry reflects that commitment.  
 
In 1968, Daniel and his brother Philip (a Josephite priest), along with Tom Lewis and six others, burned the draft records held by the Draft Board in Catonsville, Maryland.  Their subsequent trial and publicity for this nonviolent act of civil disobedience drew attention to the religious and moral objections to the war.

Of particular interest in the exhibit are works annotated by Daniel while in prison or on the run from prison, as well as his copies of works by Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen Buddhist monk and peace activist.  Thich Nhat Hahn was exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for his relief work and activism, and became an inspiration for nonviolent protest and the anti-war movement in the US, including Daniel Berrigan.