Deacon Benedict Harrison Chapweteka

Pre-novice candidate

Deacon Harrison Benedict Chapweteka is a Roman Catholic from Malawi.
He has completed his formation program in at Salestian Institute of Theology in Morogoro,Tanzania and is currently serving as an ordained deacon at Mary Help of Christian parish the Diocese of Dedza in Malawi as he awaits approval by his local ordinary for priestly ordination after the resolution of Covid-19 epidemic. He is under the sponsorship and care of Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Dedza, Monsignor Chithonje.
Having realized the deaf and hard of hearing are not well taken care of at his local church level due to lack of proper training on deaf ministry, he decided to apply for admission to our community. Dominican Missionaries fully sponsored him for 5 years as pre-novice candidate. Father Coughlin spent two weeks visiting with Benedict in Morogoro and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in 2018.
Benedict feels called to serve the Lord as a Dominican Missionary for the deaf apostolate and he is attracted to the religious and communal way of life and service to the deaf and hard of hearing. He is interested in working in the Archdiocese of Atlanta as a religious priest.