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Day: December 4, 2017

SQUINTING AT THE MYSTERY

Thoughts + HomilyOctober 4, 2025

It still amazes me that the hit television series Seinfeld has been around for over thirty years. Yet here I am, just as hooked as when it first showed up in my parents’ living room.…

THE DEFEAT OF SATAN

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The COVID pandemic turned life upside down for everyone. But even in the shadows of fear and loss, there were unexpected graces—moments where God pulled beauty out of the chaos. For me, one of those…

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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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