Bells at Consecration

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I was just wondering this and wanted to see if there are any specific requirements to the Ringing of Bells during the Consecration…
As a Server I was trained to Ring during:
Take this… to you.
ring

Then repeat after the next portion of the Consecration.

The thing I’m wondering if the ringing of bells is needed during he Consecration or not.

The Bells at my old Church eventually broke apart during a Mass as they were quite old, and they were never replaced.
 
Bells are no longer required at any point in the Mass. The rubrics do permit a bell at the elevations during the consecration, but it is not required. Sad. 😦
 
At our parish, there’s bells at the point where the priest places his hands together over the chalice and bread, then at the elevation of the Body, then the elevation of the Blood. The fifth graders just became servers, so their “belling” is a little off. It takes practice.

I wonder how much a set of bells cost.
 
Our church uses the bells as well. It’s always cute when the server is new or quite young, you’ll see our priest nodding at them to give them their cue. I wish all parishes used the bells. There’s something special about it.
 
Alright, thanks for the Answers…
I wasn’t sure if was wrong when the Bells were never replaced or if they were not necessary.
I wonder how much a set of bells cost.
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I’ve actually been contemplating buying new bells and placing them at the door of the Rectory, hopefully getting some use into them during the Mass
 
I love the bells! When I first came back to Church, I was disappointed when they weren’t used at the first church I went to. They were alweays rung when I was young. It was like this: The priest would say the prayer for the Host and elevate it, and there I was, straining my ears, “Well? Where are they?” It just seemed so empty and incomplete.

At the new church I go to, most of the time they use them. I wish it was every time.

And last Sunday, when I went to the Latin Missa Normative at St. John Cantius, boy did they ring 'em! It was great. (Incense too - I just love that!)
 
By the way, feel free to politely request to your priest to start using them again. I did that at the first church and later, when I spoke to the priest about something else, he told me they were going to bring them back. Of course, they may have been planning it anyway, but I wonder if my note requesting it was what encouraged them?
 
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AuntMartha:
By the way, feel free to politely request to your priest to start using them again. I did that at the first church and later, when I spoke to the priest about something else, he told me they were going to bring them back. Of course, they may have been planning it anyway, but I wonder if my note requesting it was what encouraged them?
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Well, I’m no longer a Parishoner there as I changed parishes when I moved, but I figured that if free bells appeared on their doorstep they might use them 😉
 
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CatholicCid:
I was just wondering this and wanted to see if there are any specific requirements to the Ringing of Bells during the Consecration…

The thing I’m wondering if the ringing of bells is needed during he Consecration or not.
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A query/reply was issued in 1972 by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship in their authoritative publication, Notitiae regarding the use of bells during Mass.
Query: Is a bell to be rung at Mass?
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Reply: From a long and attentive catechesis and education in liturgy, a particular liturgical assembly may be able to take part in the Mass with such attention and awareness that it has no need of this signal at the central part of the Mass. This may easily be the case, for example, with religious communities or with particular or small groups. The opposite may be presumed in a parish or public church, where there is a different level of liturgical and religious education and where often people who are visitors or are not regular churchgoers take part. In these cases the bell as a signal is entirely appropriate and is sometimes necessary. To conclude: usually a signal with the bell should be given, at least at the two elevations, in order to elicit joy and attention.
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The current GIRM explains it this way in paragraph 150:
A little before the consecration, when appropriate, a server rings a bell as a signal to the faithful. According to local custom, the server also rings the bell as the priest shows the host and then the chalice.
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There is an excellent article about the “Sanctus Bells” in the March Adoremus Bulletin (adoremus.org/0305SantusBells.html)
 
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OutinChgoburbs:
At our parish, there’s bells at the point where the priest places his hands together over the chalice and bread
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The term for this is epiklesis which is when the priest is asking the Holy Spirit to consecrate the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ.

matthew
 
Bells aren’t required,but my church still does ringing of bells at Consecration.I was an altarboy/bellringer,and I always rang bells at Consecration.:yup:
 
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