NOVEMBER 3 SERVICES FOR MAYOR MENINO

ADVISORY: NOVEMBER 3 SERVICES FOR MAYOR MENINO

On Monday, November 3, Mayor Menino will take his final ride home, departing from Faneuil Hall at approximately 10:45 a.m., and passing several places of significance in a procession to Most Precious Blood Parish. A private funeral Mass will take place at noon. Following Mass, Mayor Menino will be laid to rest at Fairview Cemetery. The ceremony at the cemetery will be a private event. 

10:45AM

Tolling of Bells 

At 10:45 a.m., bells in Boston’s neighborhood parishes and cathedral will toll 71 times, once for each year of Mayor Menino’s life. 

10:45AM

Procession Route 

The procession from Faneuil Hall to Most Precious Blood Parish will pass several places of significance to Mayor Menino. Thousands of “Thank You Mayor Menino” signs have been made available for distribution along the route. Members of the public are encouraged to line the procession route to pay tribute to Mayor Menino. 

Learn about places of significance along the procession route. 

View map of the procession route.

“Thank You Mayor Menino” signs will be available tomorrow morning at 10:30AM at the following locations: 

• 1 City Hall Plaza - First Floor Horseshoe
• Suffolk University (73 Tremont Street)
• Cornwall's (654 Beacon Street)
• Fenway Park (Gate D on Yawkey Way)
• Dudley Square Branch Library (65 Warren Street)
• Grove Hall Branch Library (41 Geneva Ave)
• Four Corners Main Streets (157 Washington Street)
• Holland Community Center (85 Olney Street)
• Bowdoin Health Center (230 Bowdoin Street)
• St. Peter's Center (278 Bowdoin Street)
• Mattapan Branch Library (1350 Blue Hill Ave)
• Roslindale Square (4246 Washington Street)
• Menino Arts Center (26 Central Avenue)

12PM

Funeral Mass 

Most Precious Blood Parish 

25 Maple Street, Hyde Park 

• Mayor Menino’s six grandchildren will participate in the ceremony, in the reading of the General Intercessions (Giulia Fenton, Will Fenton, Taylor Menino, Thomas Menino III), offering of words of remembrance (Olivia Fenton, Samantha Menino), and serving as pallbearers (Will Fenton and Thomas Menino III).
• Also serving as pallbearers will be longtime friend Frankie Bisceglia, nephew Joey Coppola, longtime friend Robert Donahue, son-in-law William Fenton, longtime friend Michael Galvin, longtime friend Michael Kineavy, and brother David Menino.
• Additional musical selections will be performed by members of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Susan Consoli, soprano; Renese King, vocalist; Julianne Lee, violin; John Stevens, vocalist; John Finney, organ and piano; and John Stevens, keyboard. Renese King, who moved Mayor Menino to tears at a Martin Luther King Jr. prayer breakfast, will sing “In My Dreams.”
• The Homily will be delivered by Rev. John J. Connolly, Jr. Reverend Connolly is the Administrator of St. John Chrysostom Parish in West Roxbury, Mayor Menino’s parish.

The complete program will be made available this evening on TomMenino.org. 

The following information is also available at TomMenino.org: 

• Media guidance: http://tommenino.org/media/
• As a reminder, there will be two pool cameras inside the church, and one pool camera outside the church. WBZ is coordinating the pool.
• The Boston Globe and Boston Herald are designated pool photo for Monday’s Mass.  
• A written pool report will also be distributed. 
• Mayor Menino’s biography: http://tommenino.org/biography/