U.S. churches to ring bells for reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral
Attendees including workers of reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral gather during a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron (center) in the nave of the cathedral in Paris on Nov. 29, 2024. / Credit: CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 2, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
As the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris prepares to reopen on Dec. 7, U.S. bishops are calling on local American churches to show their solidarity with the Church’s “eldest daughter.”
Five years ago, a devastating fire broke out across the timber roof and 315-foot-tall oak spire of the beloved 12th-century French cathedral. Restoration to the structure began with a two-year cleaning process followed by a $760 million reconstruction project.
In a social media post, the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) wrote that as the cathedral reopens its doors, “local churches in the U.S. are invited to peal their bells in a gesture of unity.”
The doors of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris have been closed since the devastating fire in 2019.
As they re-open their doors, local churches in the U.S. are invited to peal their bells in a gesture of unity. pic.twitter.com/pfObzgGNL8
— U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) November 29, 2024
“This gesture of uniting our local Churches with the cathedral of Paris would be one more sign of our union to the eldest daughter of the Church whose forefathers contributed so much to the U.S. struggle for independence,” USCCB President Archbishop Timothy Broglio stated in the post.
“This gesture of uniting our local Churches with the Cathedral of Paris would be one more sign of our union to the eldest daughter of the Church whose forefathers contributed so much to the U.S. struggle for Independence.” Most Rev. Timothy P. Broglio pic.twitter.com/VSx0opAdSe
— U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) November 29, 2024
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., is also encouraging local churches to accept the bishops’ invitation and will ring its bells at 2 p.m. ET on Dec. 7, according to the USCCB.
Notre Dame Cathedral will open its doors to the public on Dec. 7, beginning with a triduum that will include the official inauguration of the cathedral by the French state, which owns and maintains most of the country’s cathedrals as historic sites. The Notre Dame altar will be consecrated on Dec. 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, during the first Mass in the restored cathedral.
Photo and video images have been circulating across social media and various news outlets from French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Notre Dame on Friday, giving the world a first glimpse into the cathedral’s interior since a fire broke out across its roof and spire in April 2019.
This is footage of the renovated Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. #paris #france #notredame pic.twitter.com/TpOOBXnVXY
— Brut America (@brutamerica) December 2, 2024
Last month, the bells of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris also rang out for the first time since the fire.
Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260785/us-churches-to-ring-bells-for-reopening-of-notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris
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