Students and sisters from Saint Francis School in Manoa were among the first in Hawaii to view the relic of Blessed Marianne Cope.
The bone fragments, housed in a metal and glass case, were on display at the school’s convent chapel.
Students sang hymns and prayed for the Franciscan nun who succeeded Saint Damien in caring for patients with Hansen’s disease on Molokai in Kalaupapa.
Cope is poised to become the next saint with Hawaii ties.
"I was actually kind of shocked, it’s really interesting and so I was happy that I was able to see it up close and actually view it instead of just hearing about it on the news,” said student Jessica Rossi.
The school is the first stop in the statewide tour of the relic, which will be on permanent display at the Catholic Cathedral in Honolulu.
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