There are many on this board who would like to shut down these particular ministries.
Not a good idea, it would appear.
I don't know who wants to 'shut down' these particular 'callings' (I'm not going to call them ministries since I think the word is overused - today anything you do in a parish is dubbed a 'ministry') but it might point to severely curtailing or even eliminating women, no?
Not a good idea, it would appear.
Why not just restore the use of acolytes and lectors as mandated by Paul VI? Then there would be even more seminarians, by your theory, since "In accordance with the ancient tradition of the Church, institution to the ministries of reader and acolyte is reserved to men" (Paul VI, Ministeria quaedam 7).
100. In the absence of an instituted acolyte, lay ministers may be deputed to serve at the altar and assist the priest and the deacon; they may carry the cross, the candles, the thurible, the bread, the wine, and the water, and they may also be deputed to distribute Holy Communion as extraordinary ministers.101. In the absence of an instituted lector, other laypersons may be commissioned to proclaim the readings from Sacred Scripture. They should be truly suited to perform this function and should receive careful preparation, so that the faithful by listening to the readings from the sacred texts may develop in their hearts a warm and living love for Sacred Scripture. (GIRM)