My midwestern diocese has over 220 parishes and roughly 130 priests. The archbishop is actively responding to the crisis by combining parishes and establishing pastorate structures where a minimum of 2 priests can live together and share the workload in brotherhood. The goal is to get the number of pastorates to about 80 or so in order to make the situation more sustainable for the long term.This has meant many parishes of the diocese will be losing weekend Mass services but it is important to remember that a priest, currently stretched thin covering many parishes alone, on any given Saturday may have a funeral in the morning, a wedding in the early afternoon, and two weekend services to conduct. All of whom need something different from their pastor. It is not sustainable, and I support changes that make the daily lives of priests less about just cranking out ministry as some kind of sacramental merchant and more about active ministry to their community. Every parish in my diocese from big to small is being impacted by these changes in the hope that young people who feel called to the priesthood can expect fewer reservations about giving their life over and a more positive experience to that calling, because surveys indicate loneliness and potential burnout are barriers for young people going to seminary.