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Day: October 5, 2018

FROM GASLIGHTS TO GRACE: Finding Truth in Christ’s…

Thoughts + HomilyApril 5, 2025

The term "gaslight" has re-entered our vocabulary in the last decade. Which is pretty remarkable when you realize the origin of it comes from nearly a century ago, from an obscure British play, called, unsurprisingly…

FROM DUST TO GLORY

Thoughts + HomilyMarch 5, 2025

          “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”  These ancient words we hear as the ashes are traced as a cross on our foreheads at the start of this sacred season…

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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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