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NOT PERFECT, HOLY FAMILY

Thoughts + HomilyDecember 27, 2020

A few years ago, I was at a Mass where a priest-friend of mine was being installed as the new pastor of a parish.  Before we began, a middle-aged woman came into the sacristy and…

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Thoughts + HomilySeptember 27, 2020

Some of you may have heard of the popular Catholic-Christian songwriter Matt Maher.  Many younger Catholics know him from concerts at different youth and college aged conferences they’ve attended... if you look at some of…

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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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