Date: December 11, 2016

Time: Begins at 5:45pm with Refreshments/hors d’oeuvres/social time, followed by the Ceremony and ending with the Candle Lighting at 7:00pm

Location: Patrick AFB South Chapel Annex (Located off base)

Held annually the second Sunday in December, The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting® will hold its 20th annual Worldwide Candle Lighting this year. It unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor the memories of the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren who left too soon. As candles are lit at 7:00 p.m. local time, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor the memory of all children gone too soon. The Worldwide Candle Lighting creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone.