Diocese of Gary

Mission Statement

We, the people of the Gary Diocese, constituting the Roman Catholic Church of Northwest Indiana, a community of believers rich in tradition and in diversity, responding to our call from Christ to fullness of life in God, define our mission to be:

	To love God and our neighbor
	To respond to God's invitation to ongoing personal conversion
	To promote renewal, ecumenism and evangelization
	To worship God by word and sacrament
	To teach the gospel message in the Roman Catholic tradition
	To foster reconciliation and harmony among all God's people
	To raise our awareness of the ills in our society and to commit our resources to bring about social justice.

We, the people of this local Church, commit ourselves to return thanks through responsible stewardship of all God's gifts.

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