Today, Holy Name cathedral is probably the best know religious facility in the Chicago.  In addition to regular services, it is the ceremonial site for the Chicago's Catholic community.  Major weddings and funerals are held here.  One of the more notable recent funerals was for Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert.  I was told by one wedding photographer that the fee for a wedding is $1,000, which does not strike me as a large sum given the extravegent spending that often accompanies the union of two people.