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Day: June 25, 2022

ARE ALL WELCOME?

Thoughts + HomilyJune 25, 2022

When I started seminary 27 years ago, one (of many things) to get acclimated to, rather quickly was the wide variety of opinions on, of all things, Church music.   Being an amateur piano player and…

NEEDING CHRISTMAS

Thoughts + HomilyDecember 25, 2020

As the song goes, which seems to have been getting more airplay this year (or perhaps it just feels that way) we need  a little Christmas.  In fact, people have been waiting, looking and longing…

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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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