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ACH164: Fr. Henry Duranquet, SJ, was called Apostle of the Tombs because of his decades ministering to convicts in New York’s prisons, including the prison known as “The Tombs.” Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us how his patient Christlike work won over thousands of souls for Christ, including the most notorious killers.

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• Msgr. Richard Lopez on Fr. Henry Duranquet, SJ
• Woodstock Letters, Volume XXII, Number 2, 1 June 1893 — Jesuit Online Library
• The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson 1890 – Hound of Heaven

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