Arrangements for Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Arrangements for Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Arrangements for Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Published: February 27, 2015 Author: Dennis Brown A funeral Mass for Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Wednesday (March 4) in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus. Rev. Thomas O’Hara, C.S.C., provincial superior of the U.S. Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross, will preside, and Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame’s president, will deliver the homily. Father Hesburgh died at age 97 late Thursday night at Holy Cross House at Notre Dame. The Mass will be for invited family, Holy Cross religious, University Trustees, administrators and select advisory council members, faculty, staff and students. It will be streamed on the University home page. Visitation for Father Hesburgh will be open to faculty, staff, students, alumni and the general public and will begin at noon Tuesday (March 3) in the Basilica and continue until 6 p.m. A wake will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, again for invited guests. Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., who succeeded Father Hesburgh as president, will preside and deliver the homily. The wake also will be streamed on the home page. Visitation will resume after the wake at approximately 9 p.m. Tuesday and continue through the night, concluding at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Following the funeral, a procession will proceed from the Basilica to the Holy Cross Community Cemetery, where Father Hesburgh will be laid to rest. The campus community and public are invited to line the procession route. A tribute in celebration of Father Hesburgh’s remarkable life will take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Purcell Pavilion of the Joyce Center on campus. Speakers will reflect upon his contributions to the Catholic Church, higher education, the University and national and international affairs. Music will be provided by a variety of Notre Dame student groups. The public is invited; information on acquiring free credentials to attend is forthcoming. The public also is invited to view the wake, funeral and tribute at the Compton Family Ice Arena on campus. Information on on-campus viewing locations for faculty, staff, students and alumni will be provided separately. Classes beginning after noon on Wednesday have been canceled. Over the past 60 years, Father Hesburgh stood as one of the seminal figures in this country and around the world. As Notre Dame’s 15th president, he transformed the University into one of the leading institutions for higher learning in the nation — appointing world-class faculty, expanding research initiatives, turning over governance to a two-tiered, mixed board of lay and religious trustees and fellows, and admitting women as undergraduates. On the national and world stage, he served four popes, three as the permanent Vatican City representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and held 16 presidential appointments involving most of the major social issues of our time, including civil rights, the peaceful uses of atomic energy, campus unrest and immigration reform. The work of he and his colleagues on the Commission on Civil Rights led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In recognition of his contributions, he was the first person from higher education to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. He received the Medal of Freedom, our country’s highest civilian honor, in 1964 and was the recipient of 150 honorary degrees, more than any other individual. Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn