Pet Remembrance Candle Lighting Ceremony

February 25, 2010

Now that we are fos­ter­ing a dog I meet local fam­i­lies at adop­tion day each week­end and some have shared sto­ries of recently los­ing a pet. I tear up when I hear them. Our won­der­ful vet is involved in a Pet Remembrance Candle Lighting Ceremony in Leesburg next week, and I offered to help get the word out. The event will be held at St. James’ Episcopal Church (14 Cornwall Street NW Leesburg 20176) at 6:00 P.M. on Friday March 5th. The dead­line to include your pet’s photo in the slideshow has passed, but you and your fam­ily can still attend to remem­ber a pet together and put a pic­ture of your pet on the Memory Board. Here are some details straight from the flier:

This year mar­ket he 5th International Pet Remembrance Candle Lighting Ceremony. Pet lovers in Loudoun County first par­tic­i­pated in this cer­e­mony in 2009. Please join us once again to help con­tinue the tra­di­tion in hon­or­ing all beloved pets who have passed on, are lost, or have been sep­a­rated from their family.

Join us in the Fellowship Hall of St. James’ Episcopal Church at 6:00pm for light refresh­ments, to hear read­ings and music, and to enjoy inspi­ra­tional thoughts from our spe­cial guest, the Reverend Bonnie J. Berger. Rev. Berger is an inter­faith min­is­ter, spir­i­tual life coach, and hos­pi­tal chap­lain who is excited to help build this tra­di­tion in cel­e­brat­ing the human-animal bond! The can­dle light­ing cer­e­mony will occur at 7:00 pm. All human mem­bers of your fam­ily are invited to attend but please leave your four-legged fam­ily mem­bers at home!
Feel free to bring a pic­ture of your pet along to be included on the Memory Board.

If you can­not attend our cer­e­mony, please feel free to e-mail us your pet’s name and pic­ture so he or she can still be included in the slide show. We also encour­age you to join us at home by light­ing a can­dle for one hour at 7:00 pm. We hope you will find com­fort know­ing that other pet lovers world­wide will also be light­ing a can­dle on the same date, in mem­ory of their lost pets!

If you have ques­tions you can reach Dr. Krisi Erwin of the Leesburg Veterinary hos­pi­tal at this email address.

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