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Day: April 15, 2020

WHEN EVERYTHING STINKS

Thoughts + HomilyFebruary 15, 2025

"I've figured it out!" the man exclaimed. "I've figured it out!"  "What?" asked his audience.  "Why everything... STINKS."  That was the former late-night show host Craig Ferguson's famous monologue from years ago, though he used…

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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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