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Day: April 18, 2021

FROM TEXAS TO GAZA: WHEN PRAYERS ARE MOCKED

Thoughts + HomilyJuly 18, 2025

In the past few years, and especially in these last weeks, we’ve watched a troubling trend accelerate in our public life: the rise of “prayer shaming.” It feels like every time tragedy strikes, especially when…

THE FATHER’S HEART – Lessons from St. Joseph

Thoughts + HomilyMarch 18, 2025

Fifteen years ago, a single photograph in a magazine captured something extraordinary: a father lifting his 16-month-old son toward heaven, both faces alive with joy. The image accompanied "A Letter to My Son," written by…

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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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