Social Issues
Notwithstanding the somewhat parlous social state of the Cathedral's geographical parish, the Cathedral maintains ever greater liturgical standards and the Cathedral's choir is perhaps performing to a higher standard now than ever before.
As the Cathedral has in recent years found itself required to be locked and barred to entry other than at regularly scheduled service times, the synod office, as perhaps an unfortunate sign of the times, warns off seekers of charity, suggesting that they consult the Salvation Army.
During the 1960s through '90s relations with neighbouring Anglican and United Church parishes were extremely warm: note above as to masses having been held at Westminster United Church next door when the Cathedral was unusable after a fire. Vatican directives have more recently discouraged such co-operation and the Cathedral now posts commissionaires to keep non-Roman Catholics away.
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