The Bell Tower and Carillon was given to St. Jude the Apostle Parish by Herbert and Audrey Emig Sweny and their children in memory of the deceased Sweny and Emig families. Its three bronze bells originally hung in the tower of St. Michael's Church in Erie until that church was destroyed by fire in 1973. The bells were then transferred to Gannon University, from whom St. Jude's secured them in 1990. The middle bell, the oldest of the three, was cast in 1855 as the original bell for St. Michael's Church. Weighing 1,000 pounds, it is cast in the key of G Sharp and is dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel. Its single peal served St. Michael's Church until two more bells were added in 1902. The largest bell, weighing 2,000 pounds and set in the key of E, is dedicated to St. James. It and the smallest bell, weighing 600 pounds and cast in the key of B, were cast by the McShane Bell Foundry of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1902 and placed in the tower of St. Michael's Church. The three bells were among a handful of items salvaged when the fire completely destroyed the church in 1973. The tower was dedicated on December 8, 1994, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.