Thank you for visiting the Diocese of Gary Web site.  I hope it will serve you as a valuable resource for information about our parishes, institutions, and programs.  We are a community of believers who seek to live in the life and love of the Blessed Trinity and to continue Jesus’ mission of building the Father’s kingdom of truth, peace, justice, and love here in Northwest Indiana.

   We are a priestly people, a community of ministers, a body of witness, worship, and service.  We participate in the three-fold ministry of Christ, who is Prophet, Priest, and King.  Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we endeavor to build the Body of Christ and work for the transformation of the world.

   On the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus last June 19th, Pope Benedict XVI invited us to place a special focus this year on the ordained priesthood.  I invite you to pray that this Year for Priests will be an occasion for our priests to deepen their interior lives in order to be more effective ministers of the Gospel to Christ’s priestly people.  Please support your priests with your love and encouragement by walking with them in their times of difficulty and by rejoicing with them in the successes the Lord gives through their ministry.  Finally, pray for our seminarians and pray that the young men whom the Lord calls to this special ministry of service will have the courage and generosity to dedicate themselves in the care and service of God’s priestly people.

Sincerely yours in the Lord Jesus,

Most Reverend Dale J. Melczek
Bishop of Gary

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