Lumara’s 5th Annual Cross-Canada Virtual Mother’s Day Candlelighting

Honouring Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Each Mother’s Day, Lumara offers space for quiet reflection, connection, and remembrance. We invite you to join us for our fifth annual Cross-Canada Virtual Candlelighting Service: an evening to honour the enduring bond between mothers and their babies lost in pregnancy or infancy.

This simple and heartfelt gathering will be held online, open to anyone across Canada who would like to light a candle in memory.

Event Details
Date: Sunday, May 11, 2025
Time Zones:
• 8:30 PM Atlantic Time
• 7:30 PM Eastern Time
• 4:30 PM Pacific Time

To register and receive your event link, please contact
shelley@lumarasociety.org 

This event will be facilitated by Shelley Hermer, MSW, RSW, Lumara’s Canada East Lead. With over 30 years of experience, Shelley creates space where loss is named, love is remembered, and community is gently held.

Together, we’ll light candles and honour the unbreakable love that lives on.