Dr Monika Benitan

I have a wealth of pastoral and academic experience from a wide range of settings. I have led teams across various ministries, including serving as head of the English and Welsh branch of a children’s mission charity, diocesan advisor for adult pastoral formation and catechesis, and chaplain in both university and hospital contexts. My ministry has also included work as a Street Pastor, lay preacher and catechist, director of a retreat centre in Wales, senior leader of a diocesan pastoral department focused on equipping clergy and laypeople for ministry, and a member of diocesan vocations teams.

I trained originally as a teacher in Slovakia, and went on to study philosophy and theology at Oxford and Liverpool Universities. I have taught modules in pastoral theology at Liverpool Hope University and coordinated a certificate and diploma programme in pastoral ministry in partnership with Loyola University Chicago. I am a research associate at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge and is also a trained facilitator, spiritual director, and supervisor - roles in which she continues to serve in her spare time.