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Still Active – Overlooking the San Fernando plaza, the cathedral holds services weekly, including a festive mass with music at noon on Sundays. The doors often remain open on weekdays and weekend evenings, allowing passer-bys a peek at the couples who kneel at the altar inside, offering prayers and lighting candles. – – History – Revered as the oldest cathedral sanctuary in the United States, the church grounds have seen an abundance of historical happenings in their midst. Alamo freedom-fighter James Bowie married his sweetheart here in 1831, and the…