The Worldwide Candle Lighting is a gift from The Compassionate Friends to the bereavement community, allowing us all to join together in unity to remember and honor the memories of all children so they may never be forgotten.
Believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, it creates a virtual 24 hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of special children to always be remembered.
The Lake-Porter County Chapter's Candle Lighting Event will be held at St. Anthony's Marian Center in Crown Point, Indiana. The event begins at 6:00 PM and includes refreshments. A slide show, in memory of our children will begin at 7:00 PM in conjunction with our Candle Lighting. This event is a wonderful tribute to our children, grandchildren, and siblings who left us too soon. We ask that everyone bring a dessert to share. This year you may also bring a non-perishable item to donate to our community food bank in memory of your child.
Please contact Carol Castaneda at 219-662-0902 with any questions.
The Mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief, following the death of a child of any age, and to provide information to help others be supportive.
This website is designed in Loving Memory of
Randy and Sara - Loving Son and Grand-daughter.
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Lake-Porter County Chapter Leader
Carol Castaneda 219-662-0902
The
Compassionate
Friends
NW Indiana
Lake and Porter Counties
Email: lake_portertcf@hotmail.com
Links
Strangers and Friends:
Lake and Porter County Chapter 13216 Marshall Crown Point, IN 46307 219-662-0902
National Headquarters PO Box 3696 Oak Brook, IL 60521 630-990-0010
We need not walk alone!
We are
The Compassionate Friends!
Meetings:
Crown Point
Third Tuesday of each month 7-9:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church
218 S. Court St.
Crown Point
Valparaiso
First Thursday of each month 7-9:00 PM
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
(Seven Dolars Shrine)
356 W. 7 mile Road (700 North)
Valparaiso (South Haven)
If you have lost a child, grandchild or sibling, and would like more information about The Compassionate Friends, please contact us by e-mail
lake_portertcf@hotmail.com or call
Carol Castaneda, the Chapter leader at 219-662-0902.
Click on December's Newsletter to read it.
This year's Worldwide Candle Lighting event will be held
on December 11th. The event is held each year on
the second Sunday in December. The Compassionate
Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends
around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to
honor and remember children who have died at any age
from any cause. As candles are lit at 7:00 PM local
time, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate
and honor children in a way that transcends all ethnic,
cultural, religious, and political boundaries.
