There has been much debate recently about the use of cathedrals at a time when we in the Diocese of Shrewsbury are embarking on the renewal and restoration of the interior of one of England’s smallest cathedrals. We see this as an opportunity not only to reflect on the recovery of the historic character and beauty of this Pugin church, but also to renew the central mission of a sacred building. According to the General Instruction to the Roman Missal, such a building and its requisites for divine worship should be “truly worthy and beautiful and be signs and symbols of heavenly realities”.