Father Jim Chern
Fr. Jim Chern – was born November 1973 and raised in Clark,
New Jersey (about 20 miles from New York City)
and is the youngest of three sons. He graduated from DeSales University,
Center Valley, PA in May of 1995 and entered the seminary for the Archdiocese
of Newark later that year.
Ordained by (then) Archbishop Theodore McCarrick on May 29, 1999
at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, NJ. his first assignment
was as a parish priest at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in West Orange,
NJ where he served for 7 years. In June of 2007, Archbishop John Joseph
Myers, (the current Archbishop of Newark) assigned Fr. Jim to become
Director of the Newman Center and Chaplain at Montclair State University
in New Jersey. In addition, he is a weekly guest on “The
Catholic Guy Show with Lino Rulli” heard on Sirius Satellite
Radio’s
The Catholic Channel. Fr.
Jim is excited to work with CatholicSingles.com and was installed as
their chaplain in November 2008.