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Day: January 1, 2011

EMBRACE THE CROSS

Thoughts + HomilyApril 1, 2023

The cross is by far the most complex, complicated, and confusing of signs that humanity has ever encountered.  Most religious traditions describe a sense of the might, the power, the dominion of the divine over…

INCREASE OUR FAITH? WHY?

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Of all of Jesus’ parables and different passages in the Gospels, today’s is one that probably hasn’t been a personal favorite. And I can trace it all back to third grade CCD class as it…

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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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