CATHOLIC WORKER lub1cription1 Yol. XXVII No. 6 January, 1961 ll5o Per Vear Price le ON PILGRJMAGE_ ED WILLOCK DIES By Dorothy Day BJ' ARTHUR T. SHEERAN We left Staten Island, Wednes­ our Catholic Worker farms. It 11 Ed Willock, co-editor with Carol he helped them to start houses of manner and a remarkable ab1Uty day morning, December 28, right now not only the home of the Jackson of Integrity magazine, died hospitality in Boston and Wor­ to -think. He was to become one of after Mass without stopping for Gauchats and their own six chil­ at Pearl River Hospital on Sunday, cester and a farm commune in Up­ the m o st thoughful Catholici breakfast other than a cup of cof­ dren, but also of ftve other little December 18 after a nine-year ill­ ton, Massachusetts. writers of our time. A bishOll fee, and crossing the bridge into ones, spastic, cerebral palsy, mon· ness and many paralytic strokes. He was shortly out of high school friend once told me he had passed Perth Amboy, (Outerbridge Cross­ gollan, hydrocephalic, etc., some of In a much commented-upon arttcle when he first Joined the Our Lady on copies of Ed'1 writing iri ing) we were soon on the Jersey them active such as one little alx­ in ~Splrltual Life; a Carmellte of Perpetual Help hospitality Integrity to every priest in his Turnpike which within a few hours year-old boy suffering from cere­ magazine, in its September, 1 9 ~7. group in Boston. He was eager for diocese. I could see his admiratiori led us directly to the Pennsylvania bral palsy who ls now going to a issue, Ed told of the physlo· discussion and a practical par­ for me going up a few points when Turnpike. There was snow on the school in Lorain, started by a theraphy methods used to regain ticipation in the works of mercy. he learned I knew him 'Personally. fields. but none on the road, and it group of volunteers for three his speech. He compared the tech­ He'd stay at the house from time IntegrUy was often quoted at was bitterly cold. But the car, a mornings each week. When Doro­ nique in detail to progress 1n the to time and serve the morning length in other countries and some 1956 Ford, bright blue, whlch Fr. thy took him at two years old he spiritual life through grace. breadline, meet the men and foreign editors noted that it Kern of Detroit gave me to travel weighed eleven pounds, and was New England members of the engage in pleasant and stimulating marked an lntellectd'al coming of fn had not not only a heater but pronounced hopeless by the doc­ Catholic Worker movement remem­ conversation. He had a tremendous age of the American Catholic a radio, and we proceeded with tors. But now he is a handsome lit­ ber him with special affection for sense of humor, an unaffected Church. much comfort, taking an occasion­ tle fellow, exuberant, laughing, Two early incidents ln his life al weather report from the radio. and very happy playing with the gave him direction. First was his It was a, sunny day and we re­ ot'her children. So many of these creation of a poster for a notice Joiced . It was good to get started children are so dull at birth that board at Mission High School in on this long trip, and we both the first job is to see that they Roxbury, Massachusetts. This re­ prayed, Mary Lathrop and I, that take nourishment. They are fear­ sulted in a great increase in stu­ all would be well at home, t'hat ful. timld and very sad. But they dent- communions which pleased every ones' guardian angels would respond to the love of this Chris­ the school authorities. They com­ look after them and that I would tian family who are "on the aide mented on this to Ed and he saw not be called back as I have been of life" and respect this gift of the beginnings of his vocation. The 1n the past, by some emergency. the Lotd. It seems to me to be the reverse side of the picture was his We got as far as Greensburgh most holy optimism too, to hope belni offered a job by a national the first night and next morning that science and research may find tea and coffee company. This com­ {lWOke to a heavy snow and icy ways to help these little ones. pany prided itself on its dated roads. Radio kept repeating omi­ It was so good to spend a couple coffee so housewives knew they nously "driving hazardous," but of nights with Dorothy and Bill, were getting the fresh thing. Ed we found the turnpike well' sand­ whom I have not seen for several was asked to take the packages ed, though the speeds poste'd were years. They have always opened returned from the stores as unsold 35 miles an· 'hour. Starting out at their home to so many destitute and place the coffee in newly­ ten thirty we were able to reach ones but these seem to me to be dated bags. This hanky-panky so Avon, Ohio by 2:30 in the after­ the Holy Innocents whose feast we amused him he ever, after made noon. had just celebrated. Victims too, funny cartoons and comments on Our .Lady of the Wayside Farm of a cruel Herod, but in another business and advertising practices. It Is no longer a farm, this home way. Later Julian Pleasants of No­ His Jingles and cartoons were often of William and Dorothy Gauchat tre Dame was to tell me that un- reprinted and a book of his car­ toons eventually were put out ill although it started out as one of CContinued on page 2) (Continued on page 4) ( • Gauchats Practise Hospitality WALK FOR By STANLEY- VISHNEWSKI' The dictum that every home a need for human affection and 1hould have a Christ room and that quickly respond to the fact that PEACE By JERRY LEHMANN every fainilY should practise per­ they are loved. sonal responsibility to those in Whenever Dorothy Day or the I promised to write you about need is adm:irably illustrated in the Stpff of the Catholic Worker visit the San Francisco to Moscow Walk homeiife of the Gauchat family of Avon, Ohio they always make it a for Peace, which started in San Avon, Ohio. point to visit with the Gauchats at Francisco on December 1st and We are especially proud of the has now covered 235 miles of the 38135 Colorado Ave. It is a large I Gauchat family because we feel 14 room brick house situated on a 6,500 miles we expect to walk. that the~' are part of our world­ five acre plot with a small pond Drop down dew, you heavens, from above There are ten of us who are full­ wide Catholic Worker family and ideal for fishing and swimming. tlme walkers, besides a few people also because during the depression There is plenty of room for the and let the clouds rain the juat J who go ahead to inform the police, Bill Gaachat was the director of six Gauchat children and the six stimulate the press, find housing, the Blessed Martin de !Jorres handicapped boys and girls to play. let the earth be opened arrange meetings, scout out mili­ House of Hospitality in Cleveland, tary bases and defense plants and The Gauchat children, Anita, Ohio and was personally respon­ and bud forth a Savior.~ so forth. And many who join us sible for the hospitality given many Helenmarie, Suzanne, Colette, Eric on week-ends or offer encourage­ thousand of homeless and jobless and David have accepted as part of ha. 451 8 ment, and many thousands whose their family the six handicapped men. , children. There is Donald, 9 .=-------------------..:.________ _ contributions to the Committee for Dorothy Gauchat was then a Non-Violent Action will make th11 student at N:otre Dame Academy months, a critical hydrocephalic.· walk possible. We are walking on and spent her spare time working Susan, 11 months, a mongoloid. Mi- , in faith, calling on all men ill with the Catholic Worker move­ chael, 7 years, who is completely America, in England, France, Ger­ retarded and cannot communicate A FAREWELL TO SHAKERS ment in Cleveland, After their mar­ man)', Czechoslovakia, Poland and riage the Gauchats di?clded to turn with anyone. There is Todd who By BYRON R. BRYANT- Russia to consider the moral im­ their home into a hospice for the ls 6 and is confined to a wheelchair "She ls as serene and cheerful quarters (which we saw only from plications of their activities pre­ with cereoral palsy. Kim 14 taking care of handicapped chil­ as a nun," a member of our party the outside) contained the simple paring for war. The time to-protest months, is a hydrocephalic. Kelly dren who would otherwise, be said as we looked back into the but beautifully proportioned furni­ is now, when they are only build­ who is 4 is hydrocephallc and ls forced to languish 1n state institu- Interior of the Shaker museum at a ture for which the Shakers are still ing the bombs, missiles, subma­ tions. confined to a wheelchair. little woman in white cap and famous. rines, chemicals and germ warfare The first child they adopted some . The children play with one an­ plain dress who stood smiling A young man in a garishly devices; not after the atrocities are fourteen years ago was a young boy other and there is an acceptance benevolently after us.