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Chapter 5
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
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So the action between work and labor is that labor is a biologicalphysiological action. Work is an action that gives meaning to our existence.
Action equals the condition for remembrance. It creates a history. The key
with action is that each individual is born with the capacity to take action.
They are born with the ability to take and create action. Action begins
something new. It allows us to create history and to remember the past.
Action corresponds to the condition of plurality which signifies the equality
and uniqueness of every person. It also corresponds to the condition of
natality which signifies a new birth for an individual capable of bringing
something new in the world.
Among the activities in the vita activa, action is the most important
because it is where the heart of Arendts political philosophy lies.
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occupies the top rung of her ordered hierarchy of essential activities that
enable people to respond to the human conditions without activity, labor and
work will be impossible. Furthermore, in society, Arendt says that there are
two realms in which activity takes place: public and private realm. The
public realm is where we find people who gather together for public concern
in a common world and at the same time prevent from falling from each
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other. The private realm is where economics and the necessities of life are
dealt with. Politics for Arendt can only be realized in the public realm.
In chapter III, the researcher-writer tries to illuminate the readers
about the MHCC Seminary formation, which will be the context of this
humble opus.
The seminary is the seed bed of vocation of those young men aspiring
to be priests. It is a formation house. It is where seminarians nurture their
vocations. In forming seminarians to be good and efficient priests, certain
aspects should be importantly considered throughout their formation. The
seminary is the best place for seminarians to undergo an integral formation.
For an integral formation, the Mary Help of Christians College Seminary
gives four facets. These facets are Human, Intellectual, Spiritual, and
Pastoral.
Human Formation aims at crystallizing the self-identity of
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humanity, both in its lights and shadows. Another main focus of human
formation is the achievement of
socialization.
Spiritual formation aims to develop the sense of the sacred. It also
aims to develop the personal prayerfulness of a seminarian and spirituality.
A seminarian is guided by a spiritual director for spiritual direction. It is also
encourage for the an MHCC seminarian to give importance to communal
prayers and the sacrament of reconciliation and the sacrament of the holy
Eucharist.
Intellectual formation is also an integral part of his formation. In aid
of a college seminarians need to search for self-identity and mission in life,
the intellectual formation seeks to develop not only academic excellence but
also his capacity to face intelligently whatever life he must pursue. The
intellectual formation in the seminary offers a liberal arts program.
The pastoral formation aims at forming seminarians with a deep sense
of pastoral leadership and service for the poor and suffering. It also aims at
forming seminarians with great commitment and competence on building up
a local Church. Pastoral exposure is done in order for a seminarian to be
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involved in a local community and ministry that will strengthen his selfidentity and to develop his mission, which can only occur when he has
discovered the meaning of service to others. Thus, leading him to interact
and collaborate with other people. Leadership is also acquired through
pastoral works, thus, inculcating sense of service.
In Chapter IV, the researcher-writer fused the political philosophy of
Hannah Arendt to see whether the seminary is political, apolitical, or prepolitical. The researcher first evaluated if the seminary really constitute
worldlessness as stated above. In his evaluation, the researcher-writer has
seen that seminary formation also gives a touchstone of reality for
seminarians because the focus of the seminary is not only the sense of the
sacred but also the sense of reality. The seminary has a sense of reality for
the mission of the Church happens within the world itself.
Secondly, the researcher-writer evaluated the seminary in the realms
of Hannah Arendt. Is the seminary in the public or the private. First, the
seminary is seen as drawing seminarians into a private place therefore it can
be found in the private realm. It is because most of the activities in the
seminary are hidden from the glaring eye of the public. Then the researcher-
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writer moved to evaluate whether the seminary is political, apolitical, prepolitical. Being in the private realm the seminary is pre-political. Prepolitical for it prepares seminarians to the politics of Hannah Arendt.
5.2. Conclusion
As mentioned every now and then, the seminary is one of the private
places in the society. Thus located in the private realm of Arendt. Seminary
formation, in this sense, prepares the seminarians to be political. Thus, the
seminary could also be considered pre-political. The satisfaction of the
private realm can bring an individual to the publicpolitical realm. This
means that the satisfaction of the formation leads a seminarian into the
public realm of Arendt where action and speech occurs. Therefore, seminary
formation helps in the realization of Arendts politics.
The realm of politics is very challenging. It is going out from ones
comfort zone and exposing himself to vulnerability so that he could make
his way to the public life and participate a political life. For someone to
move out of his comfort zone, he must takes a lot of guts in him. And this is
never an easy way out.
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