(Part one of two)  In 2013, it was estimated that 6,500 of the 7,000 properties the City of Gary owned were abandoned. The unemployment rate in Gary in Dec. 2016 was 8.2 percent, double that of the state.— Kristen Whitney Daniels  In the parallel universe of the Church, what was Church membership in 1960 and now.  How many properties does the Gary Diocese own and how many are abandoned?  What is the unemployment rate for Catholics in Gary versus the rest of the state?  Is White flight involved?  How ae Black and Hispanic Catholics doing?  Most significantly, what are the budget implications of this synod.  Budget implications are reasonably subject to the prudential judgement of the Faithful, rather than being only the purview of the pater familias or local ordinary.