Once, the Cathedral parish had in its fold vast territory for its pastoral activities. It had more than 20,000 families. The parishes – Crawford, Edamalaipatty Pudur, Subramaniyapuram, Sembattu, Gundur, K.K. Nagar, Ariport, Kallukukuzhi, Karunamdapam and Puthur were carved out of Cathedral parish for Pastoral reasons and concerns. At present the parish has 26 substations. The total Catholic families are 2,935, and the population nearly 15,000, and the non-catholic population more than 250,000. 80% of the Catholics in the parish belong to Dalit community, who are economically poor and socially backward. They work as painters, carpenters and in the constructions as masons and helpers for daily wage around the market places. The Parish Pastoral Council consists of 53 members among them 13 are executives and 5 are officials. Parish Financial Committee, consisting of 5 members, manages the financial transaction of the Parish.

Basic Christian Community (BCC) and Pious Associations:

There are 40 Basic Christian Communities (BCCs). All people in a particular street or locality will be the members of the BCC. There are about 40 to 50 families in each BCC. In BCC, there is no discrimination in the name of caste, creed or even gender. “One for all and all for one” is the basis of BCC, in prayer and in action. It is not just a coming together for prayers. It starts from the prayers and leads them towards meaningful social actions transformation such as mobilizing funds and materials to help the poor and needy around, visiting the sick and aged in the hospitals and in the old age homes and children in the orphanages.

There are other pious associations and lay movements in the parishes and they cater the spiritual needs of different section of people. The details are as follows:

St. Mary’s Feast:
Every year the Parish festival is celebrated on September 8th – the Nativity of Our Lady.