On October 15th, we celebrate Lost Child's Day. It is simply a unique time to remember children who have died, but who live in the hearts and memories of their parents and loved ones. It is besides a day of prayer for parents who have experienced this loss.
The death of a kid is simply a dramatic experience for a parent and father, but frequently the full family. The pain of losing a kid is besides felt by those parents whose children died in prenatal life. This failure besides affects children who are victims of abortion, due to the fact that all man, no substance how short his life is, leaves a mark in the heart and life of another man.
The Lost Child's Day is simply a peculiar time for parents experienced loss, a day on which they can share their pain and experience fellowship with those who besides survived the death of the child. The pastoralists, who lead a retreat for their parents after their loss, emphasize the request to accompany their parents so that they can experience grief and not close to suffering.
It is besides time to draw public attention to the miscarriage drama experienced by many parents. The Lost Child's Day is besides an chance to approximate the activities of perinatal centers and hospices, which at this most hard time for parents supply medical and intellectual care for both the outgoing kid and his parents.
The Day of the Lost was celebrated in 1988 in the United States, and in Poland, children who died before birth have been commemorated since 2006.
In dioceses throughout the country, Holy Masses are celebrated for children who died before birth and children who were aborted. Collective burials of their remains are besides frequently held in October. Their short life is besides reminded of the Memorials of the Lost Children.
