Cathedral will be church home to all of eastern NC
>>> OVER MY SHOULDER BE YOU SEE
ONE OF THE NEW ADDITIONS TO THE
RALEIGH LANDSCAPE.
IT IS THE DOME OF THE NEW
CATHEDRAL.
IT IS CLOSE TO THE WRAL STUDIO.
IT IS THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS
CATHEDRAL AND IT IS SET TO OPEN
IF JULY OF NEXT YEAR IN ONE OF
FASTEST GROWING DIOCESE IN THE
COUNTRY.
WE WERE PART OF A MEDIA TOUR
TODAY AND AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO
SEE, THIS BUILDING IS DESIGNED
TO BE TRADITIONAL AND TIMELESS.
IN THE MIDST OF CON CROAT AND
STEEL, CAROLINA BRICK, TRUNKS
AN DUST, CAN YOU SEE A CHURCH
EMEMORANDUMMING FROM THE $41
MILLION COCOON.
ARCHES, HOLES FOR 42 ANTIQUE
STAINED GLASS WINDOW AN SPACE
FOR SACRAMENTAL RECONCILIATION.
SIX CONFESSIONAL BOOTHS WILL BE
PART OF HOME FOR THE MOTHER
CHURCH OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF
RALEIGH.
>> THIS CATHEDRAL IS A VISIBLE
SIGN OF THE HEAVENLY PRESENCE
OF GOD IN OUR MIDST.
>> Reporter: BISHOP MICHAEL
BURBIDGE CONDUCT THE DOOR.
THE DROP IS 140 PETE ABOVE THE
SPACE WHERE THE MASSIVE ALTAR
WILL REST N NINE MONTHS, THESE
SOUNDS WILL BE REPLACED WITH
LIT YOU REMEMBERY AND SING.
THIS KIRO LOST CAN ACCOMMODATE
6067 A GIANT OTHER FOOT PIPE
ORGAN WILL LIVE HERE.
2,000 PEOPLE CAN WORSHIP IN THE
SPACE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
ALL OF THIS FOR A DIOCESE
COVERING 32,000 SQUARE MILES.
WOULD IS HAD THE MOTHER CHURCH,
WHETHER IT IS IN THE OUTER
BANKS OR IN DURHAM OR ANYWHERE
IN BETWEEN.
THAT MESSAGE, THAT MESSAGE
REALLY RESONATED WITH PEOPLE.
I THINK IT IS THAT THE WHOLE
SENSE OF THE SACRED.
WE LIVE IN A VERY FAST-PACED,
CONSUMER MENTALITY WORLD AND
THIS BUILDING MAKES YOU STOP.
IT MAKE YOU STOP AND LOOK UP
AND IT REPINED YOU THAT THERE
IS SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND
THIS EARTHLY JOURNEY.
-- IT REMINDS YOU.
>> Reporter: THE DAY THIS IS
BLOWED, THERE WILL BE IRONY.
THE POPE REESE PLY APPOINTED
THIS BISHOP IN ARLINGTON.
>> THE THOUGHT OF WALKING DOWN
THAT AISLE THAT DAY WITH
BROTHER PRIESTS AN BISHOPS
GATHERED WITH ALL THE FAITHFUL,
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THAT
DAY IS GOING TO BE LIKE.
BUT I THINK IT WILL BE ONE OF
MOST JOYFUL DAYS IN MY LIFE.
>> IT WAS AMAZING BEING INSIDE
THERE TODAY.
AS A NONCATHOLIC, I CAN TELL
YOU, I'M MOVED TO BE IN THAT
SPACE.
IT IS JUST AMAZING AND THE DAY
OF THAT PROCESSIONAL, JULY 26th
OF NEXT YEAR, WHEN BISHOP
BURBIDGE MAKES THAT TREK INSIDE
THERE, I THINK WILL BE VERY
EMOTIONAL FOR HIM AND FOR THE
FLOCK HERE NOW THAT HAVE
SUPPORTED THIS MASSIVE EFFORT.
>> AND TO WATCH THAT BEAUTIFUL
CATHEDRAL GOING UP RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET FROM WRAL HAS BEEN
MAGNIFICENT TO WATCH.
AND NOW TO SEE INSIDE FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE.