Red Mass emphasizes the importance of pono

The call to be just applies now as it did for St. Marianne Cope, an official says

By Pat Gee

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 18, 2013

~~<p>The Hawaiian concept of pono — to be moral, truthful and just — set the tone at the annual Red Mass Thursday, held by the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu to offer special prayers of guidance to government leaders at the start of each legislative session.</p>
<p>It was the theme of the keynote speech by Sister Alicia Damien Lau, a registered nurse and health care executive who lauded Hawaii's newest saint, Mother Marianne Cope, as an example of making things pono for mistreated Hansen's disease patients.</p>
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The Hawaiian concept of pono — to be moral, truthful and just — set the tone at the annual Red Mass Thursday, held by the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu to offer special prayers of guidance to government leaders at the start of each legislative session.

It was the theme of the keynote speech by Sister Alicia Damien Lau, a registered nurse and health care executive who lauded Hawaii's newest saint, Mother Marianne Cope, as an example of making things pono for mistreated Hansen's disease patients. Login for more...