Nagasaki Bell Project

On August 9, 1945 the largest Catholic Cathedral in East Asia was destroyed by the Fat Man atomic bomb. The original church had two bell towers. The bell from the right tower was recovered from the ruins and reinstalled in the new church that was built after the war. All these years later, the left tower has remained empty. The St. Kateri Institute is honored to be part of a project to make and give to the Nagasaki Catholics a new bell for the left tower. We are working with a foundry in St. Louis to make the new bell, which will look much like the original. Thank you for your contributions to this effort.

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The remains of the bell we will be replacing

The Cathedral ruins after the bomb

The new Cathedral

IN THE NEWS

Nagasaki’s A-Bombed Urakami Cathedral Bell to be Restored; Grandson of a Manhattan Project Doctor and U.S. Catholics to Make Donations

August 23, 2024

THE JAPAN NEWS

U.S. Catholics fund replacement for cathedral bell destroyed in atomic bombing of Nagasaki

August 24, 2024

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