Diocese of Massachusetts

• The Diocese of Massachusetts web pages: http://www.diomass.org
• The Bishop of Massachusetts: The Rt. Rev. Thomas Shaw, S.S.J.E
• The Diocese Massachusetts of representatives to GEMN:
• The Rev. Dr. Ted J. Gaiser, tgaiser@diomass.org , a member of the Board of Trustees of GEMN.
• Ms. Karen Hotte, rkhotte2@comcast.net
• Companion Diocese: None
• Missioners from the Diocese:
• The Rev. Robert and Deborah Edmunds, Jerusalem
• The Rev. Ranjit Matthews and Johanna Jacobs, Tanzania
• The Rev. Chris and Trish Morck, Ecuador
• Dianne Smith, RN, Kenya
• Interesting and useful material from the diocesan website: There are two diocesan web links of interest:
• http://www.diomass.org/mission/global_partnerships and
• http://www.missiongoal.org/
• The Diocese does not follow the national model of diocese-to-diocese covenants due to the fact that they have 190 churches, but encourage parish-to-parish partnerships. They have deacons assigned to global missions - Global Mission Partnerships, AIDS in Africa and Palestinian issues. Each of their three bishops is assigned to a mission area providing general support for global mission activities.
• There are several long and short term individual missioners in Central and South America, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East. The global Mission Partnership Task Force has organized a well attended training day to coincide with their Diocesan Resource Day, developed a mission brochure, strengthened a website http://www.missiongoal.org/, developed an e-newsletter, documenting a medical missions model and a financial management model.
• Facilitated mission leadership trips to Tanzania and Ecuador and also to Palestine/Israel in June 2009.