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Day: August 28, 2016

ON FATHERHOOD & PRIESTHOOD…

Thoughts + HomilyJune 28, 2020

A week ago, Father’s Day, a friend texted me asking “How many ‘Happy Father’s Day’ jokes do you typically get today each year?”  As a priest, who has made promises of celibacy at my ordination…

JESUS WANTS UNITY, DO WE?

Thoughts + HomilyMay 28, 2020

Its hard reading both of these readings with the images we’ve had on our screens from the past few days.  The brutality of seeing a man who was under arrest-  killed as a result of…

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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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