The Catholic church used to rely on recruiting “second sons” of families, as it was an alternative employment for them since the first sons would inherit the entire estate.
These days, their best bet would be to recruit young boys from the ghettos of the world, offering them an education and employment with the idea of their becoming some level of clergy, with a small stipend to their family to help them rise from poverty while their son is training.
A sensible way of doing this would be to recreate all the tiers of clergy that used to exist, as only some of them would eventually achieve holy orders. The rest would get support roles, whose value is underappreciated.
“to recreate all the tiers of clergy that used to exist...”
Excellent plan. Thanks. True.
Sad how all the minor orders have been reduced to two: deacon and priest.
That sounds much more like the Anglican church.