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Month: April 2019

WHEN GOD STOPS

Thoughts + HomilyApril 25, 2025

The girl in the wheelchair couldn't walk. The doctors didn't believe her. Her own body had betrayed her, and now the medical establishment was doing the same. "You're making this up," they said, their words…

BETWEEN GRIEF AND GLORY

Thoughts + HomilyApril 21, 2025

There are moments that change everything - when the world seems to pause and history pivots. Today, as bells toll across Rome and the faithful gather in St. Peter's Square, we experience such a moment.…

LORI LOUGHLIN & JUSSIE SMOLLETT -STONE THROWING 2019

Thoughts + HomilyApril 7, 2019

If you had asked me three months ago who Lori Loughlin or Jussie Smollett were, I wouldn’t have had a clue. Even if you had showed me their pictures, I wouldn’t have been able to…

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  • Bible In A Year Reflections 15
    • I – Early World 1
    • II – Patriarchs 1
    • III – Egypt & Exodus 1
    • IV – Desert Wanderings 1
    • IX – Divided Kingdom 1
    • V – Conquest and Judges 1
    • VI – Messianic Checkpoint: Gospel of John 1
    • VII –Royal Kingdom 1
    • VIII- Messianic Checkpoint: Gospel of Mark 1
    • X – Exile 1
    • XI – Messianic Checkpoint: Gospel of Matthew 1
    • XII – Return 1
    • XIII – Maccabean Revolt 1
    • XIV – Messianic Fulfillment: Gospel of Luke 1
    • XV – The Church 1
  • Thoughts + Homily 1,076

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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