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Month: May 2008

PEACE BE WITH YOU?

Thoughts + HomilyMay 31, 2020

“Peace be with you” - in this very short passage of 4 verses Jesus says those 4 words twice...  Not only are those words repeated, the gospel passage itself is a “repeat” as well. We…

ON 21 YEARS OF PRIESTHOOD

Thoughts + HomilyMay 29, 2020

Of all the Easter encounters that we find in the Gospels - this one between the Risen Jesus Christ and Simon Peter, to me is one of the most intimate and beautiful.  Peter, one of…

Reflections on Priesthood/Ordination

Thoughts + HomilyMay 24, 2008

I just posted this on "The Catholic Guy Show" Blog - which I had written for them - but post here as well:So this morning, the Archdiocese of Newark celebrated the ordination of 11 men…

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Fr. Jim Chern has been a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark since 1999.

He graduated with his master’s in theology from Seton Hall University. After his graduation he was assigned to Our Lady of Lourdes parish where he served as Parochial Vicar for 7 years.

In 2007 he was named director of the Newman Catholic Center at Montclair State University where he still serves.

In 2018 Fr. Jim was additionally named Archdiocesan Director of Campus Ministry by Cardinal Joseph Tobin.

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