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Thoughts + HomilyJune 14, 2022

In the first reading today, (1 Samuel 16: 1-13 )  we heard one of the chapters from the Old Testament recounting the story of King David - the same guy who took that giant Goliath…

WHAT IS LOVE?

Thoughts + HomilyMay 14, 2022

I first received the book Chicken Soup for the Soul - back in 1995 as a gift when I was graduating college and preparing to enter the seminary.  The book of inspirational short stories that…

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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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