by Fr. Jim Chern
What will cause you to lose your faith? What a question, huh? As we hear Jesus go through a litany of pretty frightening realities in this Gospel passage, that could be the question he…
Probably some of the funniest moments that priests have is in our dealings with little kids. When I was first ordained and in a parish, this little guy loved to make pictures, and was a…
When you got (or get) your first car - especially you guys under 25 years old - one of the worst expenses you encounter is the auto insurance. I remember a student a few years…
How many big cities are identified by a visual, historic landmark? When people hear New York City, the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building seems to instantly come to mind; Paris – the…
Hollywood has the Oscars; TV has the Emmy’s; Different sports retire players uniform numbers or enter them into a Hall of Fame. It is an incredibly human thing for us to appreciate “greatness” in peers.…
My senior year in college one of my older brothers, Craig, who got a Bachelors in Arts Degree from Boston College said he wanted to see a film based on the Jane Austen book “Emma.”…
Over a month and a half ago, when we commemorated the September 11th attacks, it struck me that in the 12 years I’ve been here as the Chaplain and Director of the St. John Henry…
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…