SC priest climbs 130 feet to show where church’s new bells will be installed

Three new bells have been added to the steeple at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on Lady’s Island, significantly expanding the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Hear the Bells of Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral Ring Out for the First Time in More Than Five Years

Three new bells arrived for installation at Notre-Dame on November 7. One of the bells had been used for the Summer Olympics in Paris. Chesnot / Getty Images For the first time in more than five years ...
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The history of bells, sirens, and other sounds used to control public life

Long before phones buzzed in pockets, public life had its own loud operating system. Bells, drums, horns, whistles, and sirens told people when to wake, pray, work, gather, take cover, or pay ...
The Irish Times

The ancient hand-bells that still ring true for every Christian faith on these islands

Four-sided hand-bells are emblematic of the early Irish church. They were used from St Patrick’s time in the 5th century and – like the cow-bells they copied – were made at first from sheet iron.
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Historic bells blessed at Epiphany Cathedral in Venice

Four cast bronze bells from Italy represent symbols of the Epiphany ...
The Conversation

Notre‑Dame’s bells have been blessed as the cathedral reopens – a tradition that dates back to the middle ages

Ahead of the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, eight of the cathedral’s church bells were renovated and blessed before their re-installation in the north tower. Philippe Jost, who has ...
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When church bells were transformed into weapons of war

On September 21, church bells will ring out throughout the whole of Europe in remembrance of the end of WWI. During the war many bells were melted down into artillery guns. The pain of this loss ...