Mass facing God?

I read that the bishop back in my old diocese of Oklahoma is going to say mass facing God instead of the people.

His reasons strike one correct:

Unfortunately this change had a number of unforeseen and largely negative effects. First of all, it was a serious rupture with the Church’s ancient tradition. Secondly, it can give the appearance that the priest and the people were engaged in a conversation about God, rather than the worship of God. Thirdly, it places an inordinate importance on the personality of the celebrant by placing him on a kind of liturgical stage.

here in the Philippines, there is loss of Catholics to other churches, partly due to the lack of priests...

We just opened an adoration chapel in our town, so we hope that the prayers will slowly increase the Catholic piety here.

But after the readings of the first part of the mass, I wonder if facing the altar would help people to realize that they weren't "celebrating" together, but supposed to be worshipping the Lord.