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Day: September 23, 2023

BEYOND BORDERS – THE LIGHT BREAKS IN

Thoughts + HomilyJanuary 23, 2026

I’ve got a confession that tends to surprise people—especially the seminarians I work with as a spiritual director. Every so often, one of them comes back from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. They’re glowing.…

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I have several friends who are not helpful to my attention deficit disorder by routinely sending me memes, and clips that can run the gamut of possibilities from current events, news, to random clips from…

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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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