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Day: March 14, 2021

LIFE IS SHORT & PRECIOUS

Thoughts + HomilyMarch 14, 2021

A 19-year-old who was homeless, living in Hawaii describes the night his entire life changed.  He was finished working for the night at one of the Bubba Gump-chain restaurants on the island and was waiting…

WHAT JESUS WILLS

Thoughts + HomilyFebruary 14, 2021

Just reading that first reading from Leviticus, here in the year 2021 it has a different feel than ever before.  We heard spelled out for us a mandate from scripture of how people were quarantined…

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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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