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Mass and memorial celebration for Ara Parseghian set for Sunday

Author: Dennis Brown

Ara Parseghian

A Mass for the Feast of the Transfiguration and Celebration of the Life of Ara Parseghian will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 6) at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame. The University鈥檚 president, , will preside.

Parseghian, the Hall of Fame football coach who led Notre Dame to two national championships, died Wednesday (Aug. 2). He was 94.

A memorial celebration will follow the Mass at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center. Family members and former players and colleagues will speak.

The public is invited to both the Mass and memorial.