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Month: April 2019

G.P.S. WE DEFINITELY NEED

Thoughts + HomilyApril 30, 2020

A favorite app on my phone has got to be Waze.   The GPS device that helps navigate how to get from wherever you are to your destination has proven invaluable. It’s hard to imagine not having…

WHO’S REALLY HUNGRY & THIRSTY

Thoughts + HomilyApril 29, 2020

Coming from a family where I’m the third generation that was born and raised in the United States, we grew up with an appreciation, pride, gratitude for this nation. My Grandpa Jim Trippodi, (my name…

JESUS’ PASSION – DO WE GIVE A DAMN?

Thoughts + HomilyApril 14, 2019

Back in the 1920's - a couple of college students who had spent the afternoon drinking were passing a Church. They noticed that confessions were being heard inside and thought it would be funny to…

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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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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