·Tens of thousands of people have paid tribute to late Edward Kennedy at JFK Library in Boston. ·Boston police told reporters that they estimated that 50,000 mourners have walked past. ·Mourners at the public viewing were greeted by members of the Kennedy family.

Tens of thousands of people have paid tribute to late U.S. senator Edward Kennedy at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Mass., since the public viewing of his casket began there Thursday.

Boston police told reporters that they estimated that 50,000 mourners have walked past his flag-drapped casket during the public viewing, which ended Friday afternoon.

Mourners at the public viewing were greeted by members of the Kennedy family, including 81-year-old Jean Kennedy Smith, the senator's sister and the last surviving Kennedy sibling.

Kennedy lay in repose Thursday evening after his casket arrived at the library from the Kennedy family's Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod, Mass.

He died Tuesday night in Hyannis Port after a 15-month battle with brain cancer.

A private memorial service is scheduled in the evening at the library, with Vice President Joe Biden, Senators John Kerry and John McCain among the speakers.

At least 40 of Kennedy's fellow senators and former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are expected to attend Saturday's funeral at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston's Mission Hill section, a short distance from the library.

U.S. President Barack Obama, who called Kennedy an "extraordinary leader", will deliver a eulogy at the funeral.

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are also expected to attend.

Kennedy will be buried Saturday evening at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington DC.

The long-serving senator was the last of the four famous Kennedy brothers: John the assassinated president, Robert the assassinated senator and presidential candidate, Joseph the aviator killed in action in World War II and himself.

He was first elected to the Senate in 1962, when his brother John was president.

In 1980, Kennedy ran for president but lose to Jimmy Carter in the Democratic nomination race.

During his 47 years in the Senate, he left behind a rich legislative legacy, including health insurance for children of the working poor, the landmark 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, the No Child Left Behind Education law and a Medicare drug benefit for the elderly.

Funeral Arrangements

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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Funeral Mass

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Senator Kennedy’s funeral mass will take place at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica,1545 Tremont Street, Roxbury, MA

Guidance Note: While his daughter, Kara, was battling lung cancer at a nearby Boston hospital, Senator Kennedy attended Our Lady of Perpetual Hope each day and prayed for Kara and her recovery. Over time, the Basilica took on special meaning for him as a place of hope and optimism.

This event is closed to the public and press will be pooled.

Details on the funeral mass and program:

7:00 a.m. - Guests begin arriving at church via bus

9:55 a.m. - CODEL arrives from the JFK Library.

                 58 Senators
                 21 former members
                 Secretary Salazar
                 6 officers of the Senate

10:00 a.m. - Music begins

                 MOZART Clarinet Quintet
                 Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
                 Malcolm Lowe, violin
                 Alexander Velinzon, violin
                 Cathy Basrak, viola
                 Mihail Jojatu, cello
                 William R. Hudgins, clarinet

10:05 a.m. - Extended Kennedy family arrives

10:10 a.m. - Distinguished visitors are seated

10:15 a.m. - The President, Vice President and former Presidents seated

10:20 a.m. - Mrs. Vicki Kennedy and Immediate Family arrive

Motorcade route:

              Down Melina Cass Boulevard
              Left onto Columbus Avenue
              Right onto Tremont Street

Honorary pall bearers greet family outside church:

              Melody Barnes
              Honorable Justice Stephen Breyer
              David Burke
              Ranny Cooper
              Greg Craig
              Senator John C. Culver
              Stephanie Cutter
              Congressman William Delahunt
              Senator Christopher J. Dodd
              Ken Feinberg
              Lee Fentress
              Wyche Fowler
              Tim Hanan
              Claude Hooton
              Dr. Larry Horowitz
              Senator John F. Kerry
              Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
              Kathy Kruse
              Nick Littlefield
              Congressman Edward Markey
              Eric Mogilnicki
              Michael Myers
              Carey Parker
              Honorable Edmund Reggie
              Senator Donald W. Riegle
              Dr. Larry Ronan
              Senator James Sasser
              Robert Shrum
              Barbara Souliotis

10:30 a.m. - Funeral Procession Begins

Entrance Hymn: “Holy God We Praise Thy Name”

Celebrants:

His Eminence Sean P. Cardinal O’Malley, OFM CAP, Archbishop of Boston.
Fr. J. Donald Monan, S.J., Chancellor, Boston College.

Guidance note: Former President of Boston College and Kennedy family friend. Fr. Monan is the principle celebrant of the funeral mass.

Fr. Gerry Creedon, Pastor, Saint Charles Borromeo Church, Arlington, Virginia.
Guidance note: Longtime Kennedy family friend and concelebrant of the funeral mass.

Fr. Percival D’ Silva, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Kensington, Maryland.
Guidance note: Kennedy family friend and priest that performed the Blessed Sacraments for Caroline and Curran Raclin while at The Blessed Sacrament church in Northwes Washington, D.C. Fr. D’Silva is a concelebrant of the funeral mass.

Rev. Mark R. Hession, Our Lady of Victory, Centerville, Masssachusetts.
Guidance note: Senator and Mrs. Kennedy’s priest on Cape Cod and close friend. Fr. Hession offered mass for Senator Kennedy nearly every Sunday this year. Fr. Hession is a concelebrant of the funeral mass.

Rev. Donald MacMillian, Chaplain, Boston College.
Guidance note: Family friend, who frequently celebrated mass for Senator Kennedy. Concelebrant of funeral mass.

Very Rev. Raymond Collins, C.SS.R. Pastor, Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Pall bearers:

                Kara Kennedy
                Edward M. Kennedy, Jr.
                Patrick J. Kennedy
                G. Curran Raclin, Jr.
                Caroline R. Raclin
                Caroline Kennedy
                Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
                Christopher Lawford
                Ed Michael Reggie
                Bobby Shriver
                Stephen E. Smith, Jr.

Immediate family:

                Mrs. Victoria Kennedy
                Ted Kennedy, Jr.
                Kiki Kennedy
                Teddy Kennedy, II
                Kiley Kennedy
                Kara Kennedy
                Max Kennedy
                Grace Kennedy
                Patrick Kennedy
                Caroline Raclin
                Curran Raclin
                Edmund and Doris Reggie
                Mrs. Jean Kennedy Smith
                William Kennedy Smith
                Mrs. Ethel Kennedy

Honorary pall bearers (see names above)

First Reading:

              Curran Raclin, the Senator’s stepson
              Old Testament
              The Book of Wisdom 3:1-9

Responsorial Psalm:

Kara Kennedy
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 72

Second Reading:

Caroline Raclin, the Senator’s stepdaughter
New Testament, Letter of Paul to the Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39

Gospel:

Father Hession
Matthew 25:31-32A, 34-40

The Prayers of the Faithful:

(Guidance note: readers will be reading excerpts of the Senator’ own words)

                Kiki Kennedy
                Kiley Kennedy
                Grace Allen
                Max Allen
                Jack Schlossberg
                Robin Lawford
                Kym Smith
                Anthony Shriver
                Rory Kennedy
                Teddy M. Kennedy II

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Offertory: The Senator’s grandchildren

At Offertory: J.S. BACH Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 6
                       Yo-Yo Ma, cello

At Communion: FRANCK “Panis Angelicus”
                            Placido Domingo, tenor
                            Yo-Yo Ma, cello
                            James David Christie, organ

                           BRAHMS “Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee”
                           Tanglewood Festival Chorus
                           John Oliver, conductor
                           James David Christie, organ

                           SHUBERT “Ave Maria”
                           Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
                           James David Christie, organ

Remembrances:   Ted Kennedy, Jr.
                              Patrick J. Kennedy

Eulogy:                   President Barack Obama

Final Commendation:  His Eminence Sean P. Cardinal O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston

Recessional: “America the Beautiful”

1:00 p.m. - Departure from church to Hanscom Air Force Base

1:30 p.m. - Departure from Hanscom Air Force Base to Andrews Air Force Base

Washington, D.C.

Approx. 3:00 p.m. - Arrival of Senator Kennedy at Andrews Air Force Base

4:00 p.m. - Senator Kennedy departs Andrews Air Force Base

Motorcade route is open to the public

Motorcade Route:

From Andrews Air Force base, Senator Kennedy's motorcade will proceed to the east plaza of the US Capitol building. The motorcade will enter through the Independence Ave entrance and proceed past the Senate Chamber steps. The motorcade will then proceed to Arlington National Cemetery via Constitution Ave.

4:30 p.m. - Senator Kennedy arrives at the U.S. Capitol

The Senator’s motorcade will stop at the Senate steps for a brief prayer so that Senate staff and members of the broader Senate community with whom the Senator worked can bid a final farewell.

Arlington National Cemetery

5:30 p.m. - A burial service for Senator Kennedy will be held at Arlington National Cemetery.

Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C. will perform the burial service.

The burial service is closed to the public and pooled press.

Senator Kennedy will be laid to rest next to President Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. Senator Kennedy spent more days than most at Arlington, the resting place for our nation’s heroes, visiting the graves of his beloved brothers and paying tribute to the fallen men and women of Massachusetts who gave their lives for our country.