Do we even need permanent priests? The early Christian Church did not think so, instead nominating someone from their community together to preside at the particular Eucharistic gathering. Might this not become the case again in the future with groups relying on thepromise of Jesus "where two or three are gathered in my name, I will be in their midst"? If this arrangement existed, we would see the end of the clerical caste and the emergence of a wide variety of ministries to serve the  community. As an aside, I also question the need for/aproptiatness. of large scale Concelebrations  Mass as illustrated in the picture at the head of this discussion. Surely, as someone has already pointed out, this serves only to show the difference in status of clergy and laity. A single presider would be much more appropriate with everone else members of the one community. A cynical.view might be that conclebrstion has to do with Mass stipends.....surely not.