Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound ...

State and local leaders gathered with community members in Cheshire Saturday for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Children’s ...

It includes five levels that cover bell handling, listening, rope-sight, understanding jargon and the theory of change ringing, plus a directory for finding teachers, history and notes on technique.

A procession will move through the town before the service, and people can take part in "minster-making" events during the weekend, such as bell-ringing and a children's singing workshop.

While manual church bell ringing has persisted in Eastern Orthodox countries, it has largely been replaced by bell ringing systems in Catholic and Protestant churches in Western Europe.

You would hardly combine the words extensive training with bell ringing, but that is exactly what a church in Kilifi has to do to keep its ancient bells tolling. In our school days, bell ringing ...