That is truly sad.  We need to demand change.  We need to demand no deacons unless a parish requests one.  Then we need to let our Bishops know we demand the right to have lay ministers from our parishes, trained for free by the diocese just as we pay for deacon training now to serve our parishes.   These people should be made to express a desire to lead in the parish to the community & then the parish should be allowed to state they would like this person trained.   We could have lay baptizers, lay preachers for mass occasionally-for variety, lay ministers to organize adult & youth faith formation, lay ministers leading various prayer groups & parish counsel and liturgy committees, and evangelization groups.  We want lay people to be given more responsibilities alongside the pastors to act as administrators for parishes.  Should these ministers prove to be necessary & seen as improving the parish then they should be offered paid positions & offered increased opportunities to serve.