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 ...

The ringing of the brass altar bells was one of my favorite moments when I was an altar boy, and also in my experience of the Mass to this day. At Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Lafayette ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

+++ON HOLD++++ Sitting in a chair with ropes looped around both feet and hands, Joan Carles Osuna, a student of the Vall d'en Bas School of Bell Ringers, performs playing all four bronze bells at the ...

The ancient art of bell ringing dates back centuries, with the custom beginning in the Christian tradition as early as the 5th century. In villages across Yorkshire there is an army of bell ringing ...

FOND DU LAC (WLUK) -- A church in downtown Fond du Lac is celebrating the past and ringing in the present. St. Mary's Church, part of Holy Family Catholic Community, held a ceremony Monday to ...

The Opelousas Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution would like to invite the public to participate in a tradition known as The Bells Across America. There will be a gathering on the St. Landry ...

JOANETES, Spain (AP) — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong ...