Teddy Kennedy Funeral, Burial Plans

Sen. Ted Kennedy will lie in repose Thursday and Friday at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. The Kennedys have planned a private memorial service at the library for Friday night, prior to the public ceremony at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica and burial Saturday.

According to a family statement, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica became very important to Kennedy when his daughter, Kara, successfully battled her own cancer. Kennedy prayed daily there during that time.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, commonly known as the Mission Church, is in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston. The church was built in the 1870s.

The Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica has 1,450-seats. Tribute areas for Kennedy are also being set up in Boston and Hyannis.