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Month: March 2010

FACING THE TRUTH

Thoughts + HomilyMarch 31, 2026

Homily - Tuesday of Holy Week - (John 13:21-33, 36-38) There’s an unforgettable scene in the movie “A Few Good Men.” Jack Nicholson, playing this brash colonel, shouts at Tom Cruise playing an attorney in…

WHO WANTS TO BE JESUS?

Thoughts + HomilyMarch 27, 2026

A few years ago our campus ministry did something unforgettable.  Not just another speaker or retreat.  We witnessed a single actor - Philip Corso, an alumnus of ours from Montclair State University- bring the entire…

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About

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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