Diocese of Gary

Office of Peace & Social Justice

MISSION STATEMENT

Heartland Center serves the people of Northwest Indiana through research on social issues, educational programs, leadership training and community coalition building. Its mission is to work in solidarity with all segments of society, especially the poor, to construct a more just and human society.

Heartland Center was founded in 1987 as a joint project of the Diocese of Gary and the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus.

Heartland Center Team

Thomas M. Gannon, S.J., Director
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Father Thomas M. Gannon, S.J. is Director of Heartland Center, a policy research-social action center jointly sponsored by the Diocese of Gary and the Chicago Province of the Jesuits. Heartland Center serves as the Office of Peace & Social Justice of the Diocese of Gary.

Father Gannon is past director of the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University and former professor and chairman of the Sociology Department at Loyola University Chicago. For ten years he also served as the Chicago Province's Assistant Provincial for Formation. Before coming to Heartland Center he was pastor of Holy Family Parish in Chicago. Father Gannon is author of a book about spirituality (The Desert and the City), as well as The Catholic Challenge to the American Economy and World Catholicism in Transition. He has written and lectured around the world in the fields of sociology and the sociology of religion and is a frequent retreat director. His educational background includes graduate degrees in philosophy and theology, and a PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago.

Rev. James M. Dixon, S.J., Associate

Francine M. Hintz, Assistant Director

Andre Nauta, PhD, Research Analyst

Heartland Center Research Reports

The Great Northwest Indiana Economic Revival, March 1990 (no longer available)

The People of Northwest Indiana: Demographic Changes and Challenges, Winter 1992

The Economy of Northwest Indiana: Changes and Opportunities for Human Resource Development, Fall 1992

Poverty in Northwest Indiana, Winter 1993

On to the Next Hundred, Catholic Social Teaching for a New Age, Spring 1992

Church Membership in Northwest Indiana, Fall 1993 (no longer available)

Hoosier Poor Support, Spring 1994

The Black Population in Northwest Indiana, Fall 1994

Calumet Region Schools, Summer 1995 (no longer available)

On Many Edges: The Hispanic Population of Indiana, Winter 1996

Indiana at Mid-Decade: Local Population Analysis, Spring 1997 (no longer available)

Communities at Risk: Crime in Northwest Indiana, Spring 1997

Induced Abortions in Northwest Indiana 1981-1995, Winter 1998

Health Insurance Coverage for Indiana Residents, Spring 1998

Indiana Mothers and Their Children, May 1998

Residential Black Fathers and Their Children in Gary, Indiana, Fall 1998

Computer Use in Indiana, February 1999

Aging in Northwest Indiana, Autumn 2000 - (complete report)

Northwest Indiana Quality of Life, October 2000 (available from NWIN Quality of Life Council)

Education in Northwest Indiana, Spring 2001

Migration in Northwest Indiana: Why People Move, Fall 2001

Census 2000 - Northwest Indiana's changing Population, Winter 2002

Income Differentials in Northwest Indiana, Fall 2002

The Hispanic Population in Northwestern Indiana, Winter 2003-2004

Housing in Northwest Indiana, Summer 2004

Reports are available for purchase: $10.00 each

Voices From the Heartland and Issues, newsletter of the Office of Peace and Social Justice, are published quartery and available by contacting our office:

Heartland Center
6819 Indianapolis Boulevard
Hammond IN 46324
Phone: 219.844 7515
FAX: 219.844 7566
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Heartland Center web site: www.heartlandctr.org

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