Seminarians’ Satisfaction on the Services of Mary Help of Christians Seminary System

Abstract

This study determined the level of satisfaction of the seminarians. The specific objectives include the determination of the (1) profile of the seminarians in terms of their age, monthly family income and grade/year level; (2) reasons of entering the seminary; (3) the level of satisfaction of the seminarians to the academic and academic support services in terms of intellectual, human, spiritual, socio-pastoral formations and administrative services. It employed multimethod research design. The Seminarian’s Satisfaction Questionnaire was administered among 89 seminarians. The present study was conducted at Mary Help of Christians (MHC) Seminary System composed of MHC High School Seminary, MHC College Seminary and MHC Theology Seminary. Findings showed that majority of the respondents are adolescents, from High School Seminary and from family of average-income earners. The respondents in general entered the seminary to heed God’s call to service and for one’s personal growth and development. Other people also played a significant role as the seminarians found a good degree of inspiration and motivation from them. They expressed moderately satisfaction with the academic and academic support services provided by the seminary system. Consequently, services under spiritual formation obtained the highest score denoting strong satisfaction. More, age and grade/year level have significant correlation to the level of satisfaction on the seminary services along intellectual, human and socio-pastoral formations and administrative services. Based on the findings, the researcher recommends that Mary Help of Christians Seminary system may utilize this study as a basis in the creation of the Five-Year Development Plan towards the improvement of delivery of the academic and academic support services. Semestral satisfaction survey by the seminarians regarding the quality of the services provided is also paramount.