David Hull is part of the York Minster bell-ringers alongside his wife and son.

Ahead of King Charles’s coronation on May 6 2023, there have been reports of a national shortage of bellringers. The UK counts 38,000 churches. The hope is that each will “ring for the king”, as the ...

Oranges and lemons say the bells of St. Clement’s. Now in the silence of New England afternoon Hear on the eastern wind the sound of London bells That in their thunderous night ring only for our ears.

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 York Minster bells will ring for six hours straight as part of the National 12-Bell Striking Contest Final on Saturday ...

With the Coronation of King Charles III, bell ringers take the spotlight. During the depths of the pandemic, bell ringing in the United Kingdom was at a standstill. Towns and villages went quiet and ...

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 ...

Gay go up and gay go down To ring the bells of London town . . . “You owe me ten shillings!” Say the bells of St. Helen’s. “When will you pay me?” Say the bells of Old Bailey. “When I shall grow rich?