by Fr. Jim Chern
Most graduation speeches are not memorable. Usually the graduates don’t know the person who has been invited to address them. The families are not paying much attention as they are more excited to look for…
Usually the story of someone being released from jail doesn’t become newsworthy to an international audience. But over the summer, a man by the name of Dennis Libonati found a way to make that happen…
It’s not easy to admit that many times in my 20 plus years of priesthood I have felt like a failure. Sometimes people ask for my prayers in dealing with a difficult situation they’re facing…
Francis of Assisi - Just hearing his name, people have immediate thoughts. Some will think of him as the “saint who loved animals”; while others may cite the “Make me a channel of your peace”…
Feast of the Guardian Angels: “I’ve got your back” We hear that phrase - or maybe more accurately - we want to hear that phrase, whenever we’re facing some struggle, trial or obstacle: You’re going…
In recent years, the rosary - reflecting on the life of Jesus, through the eyes of the Blessed Virgin Mary - has been an incredible blessing to my prayer life. And since seminary, I've had…
What would you do? is one of those documentary, hidden camera, reality show that has been on television from time to time over the last decade. The show presents different scenarios and monitors how people…
For those of us who work in Campus Ministry, within the next few weeks, there's a unique and special celebration that's occurring. Pope Francis will canonize John Henry Newman on October 13th - declaring him…
One of the beautiful things about Catholicism is the reality that as a faith, much of what we believe has been rationally, logically, reasonably explored. We have intellectual heavy weights from the earliest days of…
Every couple of weeks, all the campus ministers from the colleges and universities we serve in the Archdiocese of Newark come together for prayer, a short business meeting and some casual hang-out time. All of…