6:45 – 7:15 pm
Paradise Green Gazebo
121 Huntington Rd.
Stratford, CT 06614
On Sunday, December 14th from 6:45 – 7:15 we will be celebrating, sharing and remembering the love of those who have left too soon. Parking is available on Paradise Green Street (parking lot) and along Main Street). Family and Friends are welcome to attend.
We will light our candles at 7:00 pm to coincide with The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting. Now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the 29th Worldwide Candle Lighting, a gift to the bereavement community from The Compassionate Friends, creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone.
The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting on the 2nd Sunday in December unites families and friends around the globe in lighting candles to honor the memories of the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren who left too soon. As candles are lit on December 14th 2025 at 7:00 pm local time, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor the memory of all children gone too soon.
The Compassionate Friend’s Worldwide Candle Lighting started in the United States in 1997 as a small internet observance, but has since swelled in numbers as word has spread throughout the world of the remembrance. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who have died, but will never be forgotten.
The Compassionate Friends and allied organizations are joined by local bereavement groups, churches, funeral homes, hospitals, hospices, children’s gardens, schools, cemeteries, and community centers. Services have ranged in size from just a few people to nearly a thousand.
Your local chapter of the Compassionate Friends is a 100% volunteer
organization and as such, runs entirely on contributions. Please
consider making a donation to help us with our meeting and outreach
costs. Your child will receive a special remembrance in the newsletter
following.
Your gift is tax deductible to the extent allowed by the law. The
Compassionate Friends is a registered 501(c) (3) organization.
Make your donation in honor of your child to:
Leslie Minasi, 34 Cedar Hill Road, Easton, CT 06612.
Or scan the QR code.
6:45 –-Welcome
7:00 pm – 7:15 Lighting of the Candles and Reading of the Names.
Song – singer/song
End of ceremony
Things you need to know if you are planning to attend:
- Please rsvp by December 1st to contact@tcf-bridgeport.org
- If you would like your loved one(s) to be included in the reading of the names please submit the names and photo/picture to contact@tcf-bridgeport.org
Photo must be in JPEG format and emailed in the original size.
In you are unable to submit lease send a hard copy via USPS to:
Leslie Minasi
34 Cedar Hill Road
Easton, CT 06612
- We will supply a battery operated candle
- The ceremony is OUTSIDE. Please dress accordingly.