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Bell Tower (Campanile)
The bell tower, or
campanile, is situated in the southeast corner
of the Co-Cathedral block. It houses a
carillon of twenty-three bells which were cast
in the Netherlands. The four large bells
are named after women from the first religious
communities established in the diocese: St.
Angela Merici (Ursulines), Mother Pauline Gannon
(Dominicans), Mother Jeanne de Matel (Sisters of
Charity of the Incarnate Word) and Mother
Henriette Delille (Sisters of the Holy Family).
Like the great bells which call people to
worship, these pioneer women religious called
the People of God to faith and service.
The bell tower is topped with a seventeen-foot
tall gold-leafed cross, one of three total
adorning the Co-Cathedral.
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