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 ...

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 ...

JOANETES, Spain — 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!

COLORADO SPRINGS — Those who have been affected by cancer in some way through a family member, a friend, or maybe yourself, may have heard of the cancer bell. Patients ring bells in hospitals around ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — There's something about the sound of that Salvation Army bell that drives people to contribute coins or donate dollars. Melea Wachtman dropped a cash donation into a red kettle at a ...