You do realize that you are talking about a CATHOLIC parish and not a parish in a denomination in which the laity have enshrined rights and responsibilities?  How many Catholics in a typical parish would have the cojones to do what you are suggesting?   That said, I agree with your ideas 100%.  Of course, I spent years in a non-denominational parish where the laity asserted its rights and obligations, and the pastor expected them to do so.  It was a true partnership of equals.