New ‘Bell of Hope’ Set to Ring on Nagasaki's 80th Anniversary of Resilience

New ‘Bell of Hope’ Set to Ring on Nagasaki's 80th Anniversary of Resilience

The new bronze bell for the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, replaces a bell lost in the atomic attack on Nagasaki in August 1945. Here, James Androuais, owner of the McShane Bell Company, and employee Nick Mester prepare the bell for polishing. (Photo: Jacob Wiegand, courtesy of the Archdiocese of St. Louis) A shiny new cathedral bell, made to replace the one lost in the 1945 atomic blast over Nagasaki, Japan, will ring for the first time …

In Nagasaki, cathedral bells ring again after 80 years. St. John Fisher's Church marks the occasion with a concert

The bells may stop, but the ringing continues “Bells of Nagasaki: Music for Contemplation” is a special concert at St. John Fisher Church by Bondo Wyszpolski Eighty years ago this month — on August 6 and 9 — atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending the war with Japan but introducing a weapon so destructive it should never have been created. Anli Lin Tong at St. John Fisher Church. Photo by Patrick SmythAmong the wo…