28th Annual Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting

The Annual Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in a ceremony honoring children, grandchildren or siblings who have died from any cause, and transcends all ethnic, cultural, religious, and political boundaries. Beginning in New Zealand, candles are lit at 7 p.m. local time. From there, the worldwide ceremony produces a virtual 24-hour wave of light moving from one time zone to another.…