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Day: April 29, 2023

LENT REVISITED

Thoughts + HomilyApril 29, 2023

How was your Lent?  It seems like a random question on this Fourth Sunday of Easter.  It's hard to believe that we gathered together on Ash Wednesday over two months ago, and now we're halfway…

THE DIFFERENCE ONE DEGREE MAKES

Thoughts + HomilyAugust 29, 2021

Back in 1979, 257 people left New Zealand for a sightseeing flight to Antarctica.  Unknown to the pilots, there was a 2-degree error in the flight coordinates.  Most people hearing that would think that’s “close…

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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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