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From 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. each weekday, Lynn is at the prison: available to speak to inmates who can schedule a sit down with him.

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Lynn says they always share a sacred scripture reading and a prayer.

Now on Fridays, for one small group at a time, he selects and shows a movie for the inmates.

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Lynn was ordained in the Catholic faith in 1963 but works with inmates of all faiths.

There are about 57 inmates at the North Slave facility now, Lynn said.

Lynn helps facilitate a pen-pal-writing program that connects longer-term inmates with Christian friends.

For the second half of the day, he works as archivist for the diocese, helping people piece together their family history.

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We asked, what has kept him going all these years?

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