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Day: January 22, 2025

FROM ‘WHY’ TO ‘WHAT NOW’ – Finding God’s…

Thoughts + HomilyMarch 22, 2025

Have you ever walked into a movie halfway through? That's what today's Gospel might feel like. We hear about "Galileans whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices" and "eighteen people killed by a falling tower…

WHEN LOVE SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE

Thoughts + HomilyFebruary 22, 2025

As Catholics, we stake our lives on a mystery that stunned Jesus’ first followers: the bread and wine at Mass become His real Body and Blood. Not a symbol, not a memory, but Christ Himself—present…

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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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