So it went unrung for several years until a separate concrete-block tower was built for it as part of a 1908 church expansion. Westlake United Methodist undertook what turned out to be a yearslong ...

Bells reverberated across the Financial District on Saturday afternoon, producing thunderous clangs and glissandos. Bands had traveled as far as hundreds of miles to climb into the landmark Trinity ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It's a sound that Grand Rapid's Westside residents have heard for centuries. The Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church has been ringing their bells since 1924. Sacred Heart of ...

From “Jingle Bells” to the street-corner bell ringers of the Salvation Army, the sound of the Christmas season is bells. But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life ...

Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound in many churches. Yet another centuries-old practice has remained in some ...