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Thoughts + HomilyDecember 6, 2025

There’s this quiet little phrase that sneaks around our minds more than we realize. It’s like a pop-up ad for the human heart.  It shows up at work, in relationships, in prayer, even when we’re just…

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Thoughts + HomilyNovember 29, 2025

Every generation believes the next one has it easier. It’s a thought I grew up hearing—especially from my grandfather. When I was a kid, he’d catch my brothers and me planted in front of the…

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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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