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Day: March 16, 2012

DEBTS OWED DEBTS FORGIVEN

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When people ask how my parents reacted when I began the application process for seminary to actively begin discerning the priesthood, I explain how supportive they were.  It wasn’t a complete surprise.  We had many…

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“English grandmother arrested for praying” “How the Rosary became an extremist symbol” were just two headlines that have in recent weeks been going viral.  Having been duped before by what is called “click bait” where something…

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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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