As you do your Christmas shopping, you have no doubt seen the Salvation Army's bell ringers who collect donations through the ...

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 ...

Naperville’s Tom Farthing said he has been obsessed with the art of change ringing for 40 years. As a member and official of the North American Guild of Change Ringers, Farthing knows it takes a rare ...

Writing a column about bell-ringing is, in a way, a hopeless endeavor. The experience is like taking a photocopy of a photocopy — the product takes you further from the art at hand, the lived ...

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 ...

August 9th marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. To honor the victims, families and friends went to the Frank Fasi Civic Center grounds, home to the Nagasaki Bell, to ring it ...

A cheerful ringing is pouring out from Stade de France, the Olympic track and field stadium, but it’s not applause from the stands. It’s from a bell. After winning their track and field events, gold ...

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!