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Day: November 29, 2015

FAITH OVER FEAR (Passion of St. John the…

Thoughts + HomilyAugust 29, 2023

Today’s Mass for the memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist has one of the most fascinating of passages from the Gospel of Mark.  This is the only time that St. Mark (who…

GOD SAID: “ASK ME”

Thoughts + HomilyJuly 29, 2023

“God said, ‘Ask something of me, and I will give it to you.’” Imagine that happening to you as it did to Solomon in the encounter described in today’s First Reading.  That God Himself comes…

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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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