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Day: March 16, 2012

WHY WE WORSHIP

Thoughts + HomilyNovember 16, 2024

God doesn’t need our worship. We do.  This truth may come as a surprise to many Catholics. We’ve been told that it’s an obligation to attend Mass on Sunday, so much so that if we…

WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO DIE?

Thoughts + HomilyMarch 16, 2024

This Sunday marks a shift in the season of Lent.  We start to hear and feel the intensity in the scriptures being proclaimed at Masses starting today of Jesus fixing his eyes on the hills…

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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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