Mourners are gathering at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Roxbury, Mass., for the funeral Mass for Sen. Edward Kennedy.

(NECN: Boston, MA) - In Boston on Saturday a funeral mass was held for Senator Edward M Kennedy at Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mission Hill. Hundreds of mourners lined the sidewalks as family and friends entered the Mission Church. Rev. Raymond Collins, C.SS.R. Pastor, Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Roxbury, Massachusetts welcomed the Kennedy Family, President, First Lady ...

In the service and in the audience, a remarkable gathering of family, friends.

Entrance Hymn: Holy God We Praise Thy Name Celebrants: His Eminence Sean P. Cardinal OMalley, OFM CAP, Archbishop of Boston....

Mourners are gathering at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Roxbury, Mass., for the funeral Mass for Sen. Edward Kennedy. You can watch the event live here. President Obama is among the guests and featured speakers. Our reporter Kathy Kiely is on the scene, and we are blogging the service live in this space. Updated at 1:02 p.m.: Casket and crowd exit into pouring rain outside the church ...

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Family, friends, and colleagues are gathered at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Mission Hill section of Boston to bid a final farewell to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Watch the ceremonies live here - and to see the Schedule of Events, look below the video player. read more