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Chapter 1
The Problem and its Background

Introduction

The priesthood is more than just a vocation it is a calling, the Catholic

Church believes that God speaks to some men and asks that they dedicate their

lives to his service.

“For many are called but few are chosen” – Matthew 22;14 (KJV). A lot of

young men are called but few are chosen because, the priesthood is a calling, not

simply one occupation among many that a man might choose. This means that the

priest has been called by God and given the gift of God, that is, the grace to

accomplish his work.

The Catholic Church has a lot of practices, and these practices is exercised

by its servants and one of the servants are priest. A priest is a Baptist man who has

received the sacrament of the Holy Orders. Through the sacrament, a man is given

a sacred power to serve the people of God. A priest is a means by which Christ

unceasingly builds up and leads his church, therefore, it is the mission of the

catholic priest to feed the church by the word and grace of God. Additionally, a

priest is a mediator or bridge builder between God and humanity, he does this by

practicing in the one priesthood of Jesus Christ, who unites God and human being

in his very being. The priest carries out this bridge-building through teaching,

divine worship and leading the people. A priest is not only the person who offers
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mass and hear confessions, he is a “Man of God” and a “Man of prayers.” he is

with the people in times of joy and sorrow, he does not remain distant. As the priest

must continue to be a man of prayer, of God. A leader, they are people of God and

they are called by God to work for the kingdom. A priest is a teacher who teaches

the people the word of God and leads them to the way of God virtues, mysteries of

the religion, and explain the rights and details the word of truth “For the lips of a

priest should keep knowledge, and people should seek the form of his mouth, for he

is the messenger of the lord of hosts.“ (Malachi 2:7)

There are two kinds of priest. The religious priest (Regular) and the

diocesan priest (Secular). The diocesan priest has three promises before his bishop,

this three promises are a diocesan priest must pray daily. Second is a diocesan

priest must obey and be loyal to his bishop third is, the diocesan priest promises to

live a celibate life so that he can completely give his own life to Christ, to the

church and to the people whom he has been called to serve. The diocesan priest

lives and work in a geographical area called diocese. Most often, a diocesan priest

is assigned to a parish by a bishop, and he lives and work in that area. His main

work is baptizing, offering the mass, anointing the sick, and preaching the gospel.

A religious priest makes three solemn vows. He vows poverty. He owns

nothing or very little, and shares things in common with other in the community.

He vows obedience to his religious superior who may ask him to minister far away

or have a particular role in the community. Finally, the religious priest vows for

chastity, which, like the diocesan priest means, he will not get married.
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Since the diocesan priest is under the diocese and in the bishop. A diocesan

priest is tasked to handle a parish and has a term in handling that parish, and when

that term has ended or expired. A parish priest must relocate or change the parish

that was assigned to him.

In conjunction, relocating is the action of moving from one place to another,

and establishing one’s home. At a certain time a parish priest must be transferred or

relocate from one church to another to spread the word of God. The relocating of

parish priest is done every six years. A priest has a six years on every parish that

was assigned to him. A parish priest has no rights to choose on where parish he will

be assigned just the diocese and the CBCP has the right to assign a priest on his

parish.

In many dioceses, pastors generally are given six-year terms, renewable once.

Some pastors stay longer, either because their bishops don’t use terms for pastors or

because some extenuating circumstance makes it beneficial for them to stay. Others

are moved sooner, either because they are not a good fit for the Parish or because

they are needed elsewhere.

In the Philippine context, the reshuffling of parish priest is very hard. As a

country that has a lot of Roman Catholic believers, and Filipinos has this values

that if they love something or someone it is hard for them to move on or let go, that

is why transferring from one place to another come with a lot of challenges and

problems that needs a lot of courage to overcome.

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Especially here in the Philippines, the Philippines has a 104.9 million of

population and 74, 211, 896 million or 80.6% are Catholics, and we only have 8

thousand priest in the Philippines to facilitate those 70 million Catholics. the ratio

must be 1 priest is to 2000 parishioners but, what is happening is 1 priest is to 8000

priest, that is why Philippines has a lot of demands on catholic priest. (Cruz, 2011)

According to CBCP, from 16 Arch Dioceses that oversee 62 Dioceses, and

one of those arch diocese is the Arch Diocese of San Fernando and the Arch

Diocese of San Fernando was handling three dioceses which are the Diocese of Iba,

the Diocese of Balanga, and the Diocese Tarlac.

However, from 63 parishes the diocese of Tarlac has given its order to

relocate or reshuffle the priest last year (2018). Here in Bamban there are three

parishes which are the parish of Sto. Nino, the St. Michael the Arch Angel and the

Our Lady of Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish is located in Dapdap,

Bamban, Tarlac, and the said parish had already handled by 4 priest and the current

priest of it was came last year. Transferring into another town brings a lot of

adjustment in every individual, to adjust mentally, emotionally and physically to his

new environment. Each priest allows to take time in adjusting to his new

assignment as parish priest. The new parish that he was assigned on will be his

home for six years. The parishioners will be its family for six years. And it is hard

for a parish priest to let go or move on its last parish as he serve his people with

love and dedication that they bonded as a family.

In some cases, parish priest are encountering challenges after their relocation,

that is why this study aims to identify the challenges of priest that are relocating
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towards proposed measures. And that the ultimate goal of this study is to apply

such information and knowledge that may be used to educational and church setting

in order to enhance and develop the level of academic achievement of learner soon

to be priest. And recommend possible solution addressing the identified problems

priest. In addition, this study aims to help those priest by conducting this research

and its objective is to become an eye opener to the society.

This means that the priest has been called by God, given the gift of God,

and that is the grace to accomplish his work.

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Statement of the Problem

This study aims to describe the holistic experiences of priest such as their

struggles, problems, challenges, and happy moments. Moreover, this study seeks to

answer specific research question:

1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of?

1.1 Age;

1.2 Number of years in the service?

2. What are the experiences of parish priest that are relocating?

3. What are the recommendations can be proposed in improving the

experiences of parish priests that are relocating?

Significance of the Study

The findings, conclusions and recommendations of the study may be beneficial

and deemed important to the following:

To the CBCP. The CBCP is an organization who was composed of Catholic

Bishops. This study will provide them information about the challenges of a parish

priest, so that, they can help them to overcome those challenges. Since they are

both servant of God.

To the Local Government Units. This study will give them an idea on how

hard being a parish priest, so that the local government will support all the parish

priest, not to blame nor accuse them.

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To the Parishioners. This study will keep the parishioners aware, that being

a parish priest is not that easy. It will keep them aware and sensitive to their new

parish priest.

To the Priest. This study will keep them aware and have an idea on how to

adjust and cope with their new parishes.

To the Religious Organizations (Knights, Choirs, Eucharistic Ministers).

This study may serve as an instrument to the religious organizations to understand,

love and help their parish priest to all the challenges that he is facing.

To the Seminarians. It will be beneficial to them because, this study is

created to show the experiences of a parish priest. As seminarians they will be the

future parish priest, through this study they will know about what are the

experiences of being a parish priest. They will know about what are the problems,

challenges and happiness of being a parish priest.

To the Future Researchers. This study may serve as a reference for the

future researcher, and if ever they will conduct this kind of study, they may have an

advance idea and they can use it as a Related Literature.

Scope and Delimitation

This study focuses on the holistic experiences of parish priests. These

experiences includes the challenges, struggles, problems, and happy moments of a

parish priest.
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The study is delimited to those priest who have handled more than three

parishes and have at least 10 years in service.

Definition of Terms

The following terms were defined to have a clearer and better understanding of

the study, lexical and operational meaning were used in defining the terminologies.

Challenges (Operational) The struggles or the problems that a priest

encountered.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (Lexical) Is a permanent

organizational assembly of Roman Catholics Bishops of the Philippines exercising

together a certain pastoral officer for the Christian faithful of their territory through

apostolic plans, programs and project suited to the circumstances of time place in

accordance with the law for the promotion of the greater good offered by the

church to all people.

Dioceses (Lexical) A district under the pastoral care of a bishop.

Experience (Operational) the challenges, problems and happy moments

encountered by priest before during and after the relocation.

Parish (Lexical) A parish is a territorial in many Christian denominations,

constituting a division within a diocese.

Parishioners (Lexical) Are the people who lives in his parish, especially

those people who go into the church.

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Priest (Lexical) Is an authorized religious leader to perform the sacred rituals

of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one more deities.

They also have the authority or power to administer religious rite.

Relocate (Lexical) The action of moving to a new parish from another other

parish, establishing one’s home there.

Seminarians (Lexical) Is a man who is discerning the lords call to the

Roman Catholic priesthood.

Vocation (Operational) Calling of God to some men to be a priest.

Chapter 2
Reviewed of Related Literature and Studies

This section presents a review of related studies related to the current study.

This part examined the literature regarding the topic experiences of priest that are

transferred from different parishes and the recommendations to improve the experiences

of priest.

Related Literature

Priesthood is a vocation, not a career. Those who seek the priesthood with the

idea that it offers them security, status, or advancement will be disappointed. Priesthood

rightly lived out is an expression of Christian discipleship, not the only one, but certainly
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one very close to that of Peter and Andrew, James and John and the other disciples called

to be in Jesus’ company and to share in his ministry. Those who seek the priesthood

today must do so because they have heard that same call. (Rausch, 2008)

A priest is both the leader and the servant of his parish community. He leads them

to Jesus by his example of faith and by celebrating the Sacraments of the Church. The

priest welcomes new members into the Church at Baptism, he forgives their sins in

Reconciliation, he officiates at the celebration of their Marriage, anoints them in time of

illness and commends them to eternal life at their funeral. And, most importantly, every

day he offers the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Mass in accordance with Jesus' instruction to

his apostles at the Last Supper. (Vic, 2010)

In addition, a priests has a lot of work in the church. There are many specialized

ministries such as being a chaplain, teaching in a seminary, or working at the diocesan

offices.  But the majority of priests serve in parishes. Their duties include: Celebrate

Mass and preach the Gospel, Lead a parish of Catholic Christians, Bring new members

into the Church through Baptism, Hear Confessions and provide spiritual direction, Help

teens and young adults come to know Christ, Prepare couples for marriage and counsel

married couples, Teach people how to pray, Feed the poor, visit prisons, and advocate for

justice, Counsel people going through difficult times, Visit the sick in hospitals and

anoint them for healing, Perform funerals and bury the dead, Manage the temporal affairs

of the parish, Pray daily for the People of God and a lot more.(NY Priest, 2014)

And when a priest is serving in a diocese a parish priest he is relocating.

According to Cob (2010) the relocation of parish priest in their diocese, a parish priest is
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assigned to a parish for 6 yrs. After the six yrs. he will be assigned to a new parish or

stays at the same parish for an additional 6 yrs. The maximum a pastor can be at a parish

is 12 yrs. (Cob, 2010)

But, according to the study of Crae (2017) the relocating of parish priest is. The

frequency of change is up to the Bishop. Our former Bishop liked to keep the priests

hopping, and moved them around every three years or so. Their current Bishop only

moves priests around if there is a good reason. For example, the former priest at the

parish where he work took a leave of absence, so they got a new priest, and then someone

had to be moved into his original spot, causing a couple of other moves to happen as

well. At my home parish, we’ve had the same Pastor for 12 years; we do change associate

pastors rather frequently - most of them get promoted to their own parishes after working

with our Pastor for a couple of years. (Crae, 2017).

Reassignments can be stressful for all involved just like the priest and the

parishioner, and adjusting to change can be harder for some than others. Some priests

transition with little effort and some parishioners can become very anxious when they

receive word that a priest they’ve become attached to is moving. We could argue either

way about the necessity for such frequent change. But in the end, it’s important to

remember that the main relationship is always between the People of God and Jesus

Christ. (Fernandez, 2017).

In relation on the current study, some parishioners are thrilled when they learn

that their parish priest is moving on, and some are really disappointed, even angry, when

they learn that their parish priest being moved, and they don’t hesitate to tell exactly what
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they feel. For example one nice lady wrote a heartfelt letter about his parish priest being

moved saying,” She do not understand why priest have to be transferred to another

parish. It is just seem unfair when a priest loves the parish and they get attached to each

other, and they are being transferred. She would just like to know why this happen.” and

he wrote back to the parishioner saying transferring priest is a normal and longstanding

practice of the church everywhere. (Tobin, 2015)

First, priests, like all human beings, have a great variety of personalities,

backgrounds, talents, and deficiencies. As such, no single priest, no matter how good and

dedicated, can meet all the pastoral needs of a specific parish, which itself undergoes

constant change. For example, at some point in its life a parish may need a strong

administrator rather than an inspiring preacher. At another time and place, a parish may

need a priest more comfortable with young people than in a hospital setting. As the parish

changes over time, sometimes drastically, it may need an entirely different kind of pastor.

Second, the regular rotation of pastors makes possible the emergence of new lay

leadership. Because human beings generally avoid change, parishioners can easily fall

into ruts, allowing small intertwined groups really cliques to occupy all positions of

service and authority, thereby blocking out new people. Usually people don’t intend this

to happen, but it often does. This, unfortunately, can paralyze a parish. While some

peculiar circumstances may justify and even require the unusual longevity of a particular

pastor, most parishes benefit immensely by regularly changing their pastors. He

encourage people to keep an open mind about their new pastor. Pray for him and their

fellow parishioners so that everyone can move forward together, trusting that our
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Catholic practice of rotating pastors somehow reflects the wisdom of the Lord, who

Himself gave shape to the essential structures of the Church. (Kepler 2009)

According to Bruno (2015). In their archdiocese, they have a priest placement

board that goes to the parish that will be needing a pastor to find out what the parish

requires. They will actually hold an inquiry session which is open to the congregation to

voice their opinions. Then they will try to make several matches to the needs of the parish

and then give the list to the bishop/cardinal to make the ultimate decision. In a sense there

is a role for the parish at large to voice their concerns. Some parishes need an ethnic

priest, or a bilingual priest, some require one that is willing to be part of a bldg. or

expansion plan etc.

In addition, according to McCarty (2017) he had studied that, the parish didn’t

just fill a spiritual need of his family. It filled a social need, too. His parents became good

friends with other young families, and it wasn’t uncommon for us to stay long after the

closing hymn to socialize. That is, until, our parish was assigned a new priest. The priest

began making large-scale changes—like eliminating one of the main worship spaces—

without consulting the parishioners who cared so deeply about the parish. Finally, after

one too many changes, my family and others began to leave, and the close-knit parish

community was no more. (McCarty, 2017)

Moreover, King (2017) had studied that the experience left a deep impression to

him, and with some reflection, He found its major themes regarded the practical,

emotional and spiritual. The practical, because it involves the priest physically moving to

a new house. As you might expect it is much like any house move; packing up
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belongings, unpacking, and becoming accustomed to the new surroundings. The

emotional aspect is especially powerful. Saying farewell is hard for everyone, and

building new relationships takes time and patience. The spiritual is central. Effectively,

the parish gains a new spiritual father and the priest gains a new flock to love, care for

and protect. (King 2017)

Priest are encountering a lot of challenges during their parish relocation just like

in the study of Soroj Mullick (2009) he had studied that the challenges of priest are

rapidly growing, the priest is called by GOD to serve for full human development. He has

to face all the present challenges and problems with its parishioners. To mention few the

financial crisis, economic inequality, poverty, corruption, all of which affect its

parishioners.

Moreover, in the study of Rev Fr. Thomas Rausch (2008) the life of a priest is not easy,

because according to him, the demand on the time of a priest is many, the pay are

minimal, and the reward are few.

When a priest was transferred into a new parish all the parishioners are expecting

a priest to act like an angel and behave like a saint, even though angels and saints are

spiritual beings who do not physically reside with us in this corporeal world. Moreover,

even today’s saints were yesterday’s sinners, as we all are; they were human beings who

struggled to be holy while sometimes making mistakes. Society expects the priest to be

everything to every person. He should have all the answers to every question and all the

solutions to every problem. (Francis, 2017)

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At the first beginning when a priest enters the seminary they are already facing

challenges just like, since they are future priest they must act like one and acting as a

priest is not easy, and priesthood is not a career it is a calling Rausch (2008). Second

when they are priest those challenges are getting worst because being a priest is not easy

it come with great responsibility a lot of things are entrusted to the shoulder of a priest

just like baptising, anointing etc. Being a priest comes with a lot of challenges struggles

and trial especially when relocation. According to Cob (2010) in their diocese priest are

given 6 years or more term but, According to Crae (2017) he says that it is up to the

bishop or to the diocese if a priest will stay longer than its term. Relocation of parish

priest can be stressful to all involved because transferring from different place to another

is not easy. A priest must cope in with its new parishioners, with its new home, new

environment, and find ways on how to solve the problems that are in line with the parish

and to the parishioners. Some parishioners are angry why priest needs to relocate, it is

stressful and unfair. But Bishop Tobin (2015) says relocating or reshuffling of priest is a

tradition of the church that is done everywhere. The researchers utilizes those literature

because it supports the study and those literature serve as a references to the researchers,

and will give a further idea about their topic which was “Experiences of parish priest

transferred from different from different parishes.” Furthermore, those literature are

relevant to the topic and it use by the researcher because it talks about their topic.

Related Studies

A. Foreign
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Spiritual guides are highly valued in most societies. Priests are often perceived as

having a lifelong ‘calling’ (Isacco, 2014). Pietkiewicz and Bachryj (2014), say that the

priesthood involves a specific lifestyle and the language of a valued spiritual leader.

Priests are expected to renounce personal ambitions and desires to marry and have

children, and dedicate themselves to the Church and its community. Pietkiewicz and

Bachryj (2014) found that many priests feel they have to remain in a formal role, even in

private contexts. Specific challenges associated with being a priest include loneliness,

struggling with economic and administrative matters, limitations in pastoral work, tense

relationships with superiors, as well as positive and negative stereotypes relating to this

group.

A priest can never consider himself to be “definitively formed”, the archbishop

believed that a priest is certainly not the man who arrives into a parish, perfectly

packaged, with all the answers. There will often be people who are more qualified than

he in facing particular problems, and the new challenges that emerge may well be beyond

his seminary formation. (Martin, 2013)

The study of Issaco (2014) talks about priest that their job is a lifetime calling.

Meanwhile, Pietkiewicz and Bachryj (2014) tackle about the sacrifices of priest such as

they dedicate their lives in their job which is one of the reason why they are qualified of

being a spiritual guider. To sum it up, the above mentioned studies defines the sacrifices

of the priest, their challenges, and the qualifications for being a priest that they need to

possess.

B. Local
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In two studies on the prestige evaluation of occupations in the Philippines, the priest

ranked relatively high. Yet, it is a fact that few young men follow the priesthood as a

career. Way back 1963 only one out of every 3,200 males between the ages of 14-29

entered a seminary. The present paper is an attempt to shed some light on the reason for

this disinclination toward the priesthood as a vocation. The priest is unsociable. One of

the stereotype associated with the image of the priest in these essays was unsociality.

This was expressed also in various ways: "the priest is unapproachable"; "indifferent

to the needs of the people"; "aloof," "introverted"; "a bookworm," "grim-looking," "living

in the dark halls of a convento isolated from family, friends and pleasures," "not well-

rounded," "having little understanding," "not radiating the happiness of his state in life,"

"a disappointed, frustrated professional working at something he finds distasteful." At the

same time that he was criticized for being unsociable, the priest was also criticized for

being "too effusive," "always having; a smile," "being overfriendly," and "seeking a good

time." (Doherty, 2009)

The challenges revolve around economic limitation, problems with their bishop and

leaders, and relational isolation brought about by social and geographgical distance. In

spite of these challenges, priest-respondents have asserted that they are satisfied because

they are still able to fulfil their vocation as priests and have an impace on the lives of

their parishioners. Priesthood in this sense is not an individual state of mind dependent on

the environment and circumstances. Instead, priesthood satisfaction can be understood as

a religious emotion that allow them to remain faithful to their vacation as catholic priest.

Canduday (2018)
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The nuances here are derived from the experience of diocesan priests whose parishes are

in a rural area in the Philippines. Three emergent themes constitute their struggles in the

diocese. On a daily basis, they encounter economic limitations, problems with their

bishops and leaders, and the imminence of isolation brought about by physical and social

distance. It have shown that the informants can maintain their satisfaction as priests not

because of their environmental conditions. They are faced with struggles on a daily basis

and they are certainly affected by them. However, they have asserted their satisfaction

insofar as their calling is concerned. So although they receive social support from their

communities, the most important consideration is that they are able to give their time and

resources to their parishioners. This is why they find satisfaction in administering the

sacraments and equipping their communities—and they wish to do more. Some of them,

indeed, have expressed desire to be trained in additional skills such as counseling and

organizing. Priesthood satisfaction, in this sense, is a religious emotion enacted in a

relational and ongoing manner. (Cornelio, 2012)

Doherty (2009) mentioned that the people way back 1963 have a prejudice that a

priest must be an introvert, aloof, or a bookworm. On the other hand, Canduday (2018)

and Cornelio (2018) have similarities in their study because, they discuss the difficulties

and challenges that a diocesan priest and a parish priest will going to encounter in the

rural area of the Philippines.

Conceptual Framework

The research paradigm that shown in figure 1 it illustrates the Experiences of

Parish Transferred from Different Parishes specifically the challenges, struggles, trials
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and the happy moments that priest encounter during and after the relocation. After all the

data were gathered from the description of their challenges, trials and struggles.

Recommendations on how to improve the experiences of parish priest were drawn after

the analysis about their socio-economic profile, and experiences.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC
PROFILE OF
PARISH PRIEST
Recommendations
 Age to improve the life
 Number of Experiences of parish
experiences of
priest who are
parishes parish priest who
transferring from
handled. are transferring
different parishes.
 Number of from different
years in parishes.
service

Nu
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Figure 1.Paradigm of the Study

Chapter 3

METHODS OF STUDY AND SOURCES OF DATA

This chapter presents the research design, participant, instrument, data collection

procedure, ethical consideration, and data analysis that reflect the methods the researcher

would have to follow in order to follow to give answer to the research questions put in

the study.

Research Design

The research design that will be utilize in the study is phenomenology.

Phenomenology is a phenomenon that something you experience on Earth as a person. It

is a sensory experience that makes you perceive or understand things that naturally occur

in your life such as death, joy, friendship, caregiving, defeat, victory, and the like In

addition phenomenology is a philosophy of experience, for phenomenology the ultimate

the ultimate source of all meaning and value is the lived experience of human beings.

(Armstrong, 2005) The researchers use phenomenology because, phenomenology focuses

on people’s meaning and making strategies in relation to their life experiences which was
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useful to our topic The Experiences of Priest Transferred From Different Parishes. This

method allows you to understand the ways of how priest go through inevitable events in

their lives.

Participants

The participants of this study are priest that handled three or more parishes and

had at least 10 years in the service. In that case, the researchers will choose the

limitations because, if a priest has handled three or more parishes or had at least 10 years

of experience, that parish priest had goes through a lot, that particular priest has a lot of

experiences. The researchers will use a purposive sampling in choosing the participant

because, a purposive sample is a non-probability sample that is selected based on

characteristics of a population and the objective of the study. Purposive sampling is also

known as judgmental, selective, or subjective sampling (Crossman, 2018). This kind of

sampling is useful for the researchers because, to meet the standards and needs of the

study because the study requires a specific participants in conducting the research.

Instrument

A semi-structured interview will be used in conducting this study; it is a

qualitative method of inquiry that combines a pre-determined set of open questions with

the opportunity for the interviewer to explore particular response further. Furthermore,

Semi-structured interviews are used to gather qualitative textual data. This method offers

a balance between the flexibility of an open-ended interview and the focus of a structured

ethnography survey. The guide questions is compose of 12 items which will reveal the

total experiences of the parish priest. There are questions set by the researchers
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themselves proper validations of the instrument will be accomplish by an expert, so that

the quality and reliability of the questionnaires that will be use by the researchers will be

reliable. The questions that will be use in revealing the experiences of priest is entitled

“Questionnaires for Parish Priest transferred from different parishes”. And all the

questions that the researchers will use. It will be translated into Filipino.

Data Gathering Procedures

The data gathering procedure will start by seeking a letter of request coming from the

research adviser to conduct the data gathering method. The researcher will ask the

respondents on how and where they want the interview to be conducted. The respondents

will receive a consent to ensure that the participant will be informed about the study and

to ensure that the participant is not forced to share his experiences to the researchers. The

interview will be conducted on the given date or schedule of the participant through a

semi structured interview.

During the interview, one of the researcher will inform the participant about the

flow or process of the interview. Then one of the researchers will ask questions to the

respondents, while the other researcher are taking down notes and recording the answers

of the respondents, and the other researcher will capture the conversation for the

documentation.

Ethical Consideration
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There are different ethical consideration that must be taken by the researcher.

First, the research must be planned so that the chance for misleading result may be

minimized. Second, researcher must introduce themselves and their topic to their

participant. Third, they are responsible for maintaining the dignity and welfare of the

participant. Moreover, this obligation also entails protecting the participant from harm,

unnecessary risk, or mental and physical discomfort that may be done during the

interview. Fourth, they will also make a consent that will informed the participant about

the interview in which it is signed by the research adviser and it is criticize by an expert

in the field. Fifth researcher must do the interview in respectful way. And lastly anything

that would talk or reveal the identity of the respondents will remain confidential.

Data Analysis

This research will use the narrative data analysis. Narrative data analysis

evaluates the speaker or written who provide the information, asking what their statement

says about them as well as what it says about the issue you are studying. Research often

to use narrative data analysis to evaluate literature, folklore and diaries. (Hammond,

2010) The research will use narrative data analysis because, through narrative data

analysis the researcher can present all the collected data wisely and efficiently so that the

research will be useful and efficient to all the Filipinos who will read the topic, and

through this analysis all the data’s that are gathered will be collected and sum up through

the narrative data analysis.