No.
I’ve seen churches that did get a recruit or two on the spot, and others where the congregation just passes a basket on their own, but I would imagine it depends on the church and whether it has had theft problems. I’ve also noticed more churches shifting to a direct debit or online pay method of contributing so maybe that makes the collection less of an issue. I know I rarely put any money in the baskets because I pay everything online and that includes sending donations to churches.
I do the same myself.
Or, perhaps no one (meaning the pastor, or if he is lucky, the person in charge of training various people - ushers, readers, servers) has had the time to go to that Mass often enough to figure out who regularly attends it, and do some recruiting.Maybe no-one has time anymore to learn to ush???
This is exactly how the collection is done at the daily Mass at our cathedral downtown. I’ve never been there for Sunday Mass. All of our local parishes near me still use ushers who move the collection baskets down the aisles. The cathedral still has ushers, though, who stand guard at the large baskets up front and then carry them off.
Yes! At the parish I belonged to for many years, the congregation approaches the sanctuary and places their donations into the baskets. I do not see it as rare or a problem. There may be a reason for such a practice? If the community has no issues about it, why complain. I have learned people love to complain but the most petty things or details. Please!
Our parish does that with children. The pastor says, “would all the children come forward with thier gifts?” Then he sets the basket at the base of the altar.