Dennis Carl Mazza
Email: info@dcmazza.com Phone: 443.406.1445
Web Site: www.dcmazza.com
Skills in the field: Extensive theoretical and practical understanding of and experience with homelessness:
I have been working with and among homeless persons and families since 1962
- St. Paul’s House Mission, New York City – Staff & Board of Directors
1962 – Present - The Gospel League Home, Chicago, Illinois – Volunteer and resident staff
1964 – 1972 - Meeting Ground, Cecil County, Maryland – Founder and Director
1981 – 2011 - Leader of the movement to establish Friendship House, Wilmington, Delaware
1985 – 1990 - National Coalition for the Homeless, Washington DC – Board of Directors
1986 – 1996
Writing and Editorial Experience:
Founder and Editor of Loaves and Fishes – a bimonthly tabloid newspaper of Meeting Ground Community in which my column regularly appeared. National circulation of 10,000.
1981 – 2011
• Articles reprinted in numerous publications including The Other Side magazine.
Education:
M. Div., Princeton Theological Seminary – Princeton, New Jersey, 1978
B.A., Nyack College – Nyack, New York, 1975
DIPLOMA, Moody Bible Institute – Chicago, Illinois, 1967
Ministry Professional:
Ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (U.S. A.)
June 4, 1978
- Pastor, Christ Presbyterian Church – Springfield Massachusetts
1978 – 1981 - Interim Pastor, Calvary Presbyterian Church – Wilmington, Delaware
1981 – 1982 - Pastor, First Presbyterian Church – Chesapeake City, Maryland
1984 – 1989 - Elected by New Castle Presbytery in 2008 as a candidate for Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the PC USA