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Day: December 12, 2011

THE CROSS WE CAN’T SKIP

Thoughts + HomilyApril 12, 2025

On a quiet afternoon at Montclair State University some years ago, I had a profound conversation with a colleague who'd become a dear friend. Though not Catholic herself, she was a faithful, devout Christian whose…

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Bishop Robert Barron is the Catholic shepherd of a small diocese in Minnesota, a place many might struggle to locate on a map.  Yet, he is recognized internationally and respected both within and outside the…

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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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