Michael LaFreniere, lead bell ringer at the San Luis Obispo mission, carries on a family and community tradition.

Collectors of bells value them for their age, uniqueness and craftsmanship. Being very old or connected with some historical event certainly increases their importance, while having an unusual shape ...

Across many ancient civilizations, large bells were created not only as instruments but as objects with deeper cultural and symbolic meaning. Found in temples, palaces, and ceremonial spaces, these ...

Nearly two dozen Philadelphia neighborhoods will see fiberglass bells installed as part of the Bells Across PA project. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...

Perhaps no single piece of secular music is more ubiquitous during the Christmas holiday season than "Jingle Bells," the venerable ditty about the joys of dashing through snow-covered fields while ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new set of bells will soon be ringing out on campus at the University of Chicago. The giant metal bells were dedicated Aug. 4 in Hutchinson Courtyard in honor of 12 notable people with ties to the ...