THROUGH JAIL'S BARS COMES HIS TOUCH Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) - Sunday, April 25, 2010 Author: DICK CASE POST-STANDARD COLUMNIST The banner blowing from the house on Slocum Avenue, next to Rite Aid, tells one story: "Support the Troops. End the War." Another quotation, inside on the wall of the sitting room, says it all: "I Was in Prison and You Visited Me." Slocum House is home to Jail Ministry , a group of volunteers who extend the hand of the community through the bars of the county Justice Center. The ministry, a one-of-its-kind local group, is 34 years old. The founder, Bill Cuddy, is 74 years old this month and about to cut back on his daily work with the organization that has consumed his time, and devotion, more than three decades. "In June, we're going to switch jobs," Bill explains. He will become the spiritual minister at the Justice Center. Brother Bill Cawley, a member of the Sacred Heart Order, will take over Bill's job as coordinator. He had been the minister at Nassau County Jail on Long Island. "I'll still be here," Bill says. "I'll have more free time and less responsibilities." May 6, at 6 p.m., at St. Lucy Church on the city's Near West Side, Bill's to receive the 2010 Dorothy Day Award from the combined parishes of St. Lucy and St. Andrew the Apostle. This year is the 30th anniversary of the death of Dorothy Day, one of the founders of the Catholic Worker Movement. Eileen Clinton, one of the organizers of the event, said Bill's life "is a legacy to all that Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement stood for."