Five months after the "Plowshares Eight" performed a peace witness at the G.E. plant in King of Prussia, Pa., its members including the Rev. Carl Kabat were found guilty of burglary, criminal mischief and criminal conspiracy. Father Kabat is profiled here.
Father Kabat, who called himself “a fool for Christ,” spent more than 17 of his 88 years in prison for his activism against the U.S. nuclear weapons program. He died on Aug. 4.
An associate of the Berrigan brothers, he spent nearly two decades in prison for his relentless protesting, often in a clown suit, against nuclear arms.
After five years as the executive director of the Thomas Merton Center and eight years of total employment, Gabriel McMorland has announced his plans to leave the post this fall. He talks to Pittsburgh City Paper about his tenure, and the organization's plans for the future.