There will be a new sound coming from the belfry at St. Mary Catholic Church as three news bells were hoisted into the tower Friday morning while onlookers, including new pastor Father Darrick Leier, ...

Church bells have sounded since the fifth century when Italian bishop Paulinus of Nola, a Roman consul and Christian convert introduced the custom, but were generally hand bells. By the Middle Ages, ...

The Rev. David Price can think of only one thing he’s done in his eight and a half years as rector of St. Mary’s Cathedral that hasn’t drawn complaints. Under his direction, the flagship church of the ...