Candlelight Service Of Remembrance December 17

BRIDGEPORT — A Candlelight Service of Remembrance will be conducted at St Vincent’s Medical Center on Wednesday, December 17, at 7 pm, in the chapel on the main level. The service is open to people of all faiths who are grieving the loss of a baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillborn, or newborn death, and is hosted by the We Care Perinatal Grief Support Group.

Family members, including children, are welcome

“The service is for people of all faiths to remember the lives of the babies lost by each family either prior to or after delivery,” said Perinatal Grief Support Group Coordinator Sister Joann Apicelli.

The group, which normally meets on the third Wednesday of each month, is for those grieving the loss of a baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillborn, or newborn death.

The group is facilitated by bereavement counselors with training in the area of perinatal grief.

There is no charge for attendance, but preregistration is requested. For additional information on the service or the We Care Perinatal Grief Support Group, call Sister Joann Apicelli in St Vincent’s Pastoral Care Department at 203-576-5110.