I am in total agreement with what Bill Tammeus wrote about having non-clergy take on some of the tasks that are currently performed only by clergy (especially giving homilies). I would like to see a return to true Christian communities where people actually know each other by their first names and have at least some idea of who their family members are, what kind of work they do, etc. The church that I am part of now has more than 4,000 households on its ledgers (though only about 25% of those folks show up for Mass on Sunday). I have been a part of this parish for more than 25 years, but I could count on one hand the number of people I really know or who know me by name. As for our priests / pastors, most could not put a name to a face if you paid them). priests who have come and gone, who could name more than a dozen parishioners. Something has to change!