After years of delays caused by fire, gravity, and money, the project to renovate the rectory at Holy Name Cathedral is finally moving forward. A sign has been posted on the southeast corner of the cathedral about the project.  The architect listed is Jaeger, Nickola & Associates, out in...

As the sun set on Saturday, it turned the front of Holy Name Cathedral (North State Street) honey yellow. Sunset on Saturday marked the start of Easter, and State Street was closed as Cardinal Francis George lit a massive candle from a fire burning in a cauldron on the sidewalk.  Earlier, a...

The scaffolding that used to surround the southeast corner of Holy Name Cathedral (735 North State Street) has been taken down and you can now see the fruits of all those years of labor:  The new elevator.  It’s that small annex on the right of this photo one of our readers e-mailed...

Parishioners at Holy Name Cathedral got more bad news over the weekend.  Their beloved church will be closed, “until August at the earliest” according to pastor Dan Mayall. The archdiocese’s flagship place of worship was damaged by fire in February, almost exactly a year...