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Day: February 23, 2020

CHRIST’S PEACE: Not as the world gives…

Thoughts + HomilyMay 23, 2025

What is peace, really?  For a long time, I thought I had the answer. I used to think peace was just quiet—a lack of trouble. If things were calm, if no one was fighting or…

BEYOND POLITICS – THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST

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The other morning, I came across an article that caught my attention. It was about families struggling to come together for Thanksgiving in the wake of bitter political divisions. As we all know, every four…

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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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