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IX – DIVIDED KINGDOM

Bible In A Year ReflectionsJuly 3, 2021

DAY 162: 1 Kings 12; 2 Chronicles 10-11; Song of Solomon 1 WHERE DIVISION COMES FROM A week with Jesus was probably what we needed in our biblical pilgrimage!  When we last left the Old…

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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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