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Day: April 29, 2023

SELFIES AND SONS – A story of coming…

Thoughts + HomilyMarch 29, 2025

The selfie phenomenon is something I still struggle to understand. Taking pictures of yourself with your smartphone wherever you go and sharing them with the world through social media feels bizarre – even more so…

ACCEPTING DEATH?

Thoughts + HomilyJune 29, 2024

Just about 11 years ago, in 2013, I started meeting with a Catholic therapist to work through some challenges I was experiencing.  Initially, I thought my issues were related to my physical health, but later…

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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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