At the top of the Enfield Congregational, United Church of Christ hangs a bell that tells a story as complicated as America’s own history. Once, it rang for the typical church and town affairs; to ...

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 ...

Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park will ring its century-old Seabury Chime bells once again after a three-year silence.

SNOHOMISH — The church bell echoed through the Snohomish River valley. Farmers heard the sound and knew. The service was starting soon. Time to get going. A hundred years ago, locals gathered at the ...

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 ...

Fr. Don Antweiler uses his knuckles to rap on the church bell in the tower at Immaculate Conception Church. With money received specifically for that purpose, the parish recently had an automated ...