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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Information Services Updates
Nassau, The Bahamas – Members of the legal profession attended the annual Red Mass at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral on Sunday, January 9.
The Most Rev. Patrick
Pinder, archbishop, presided over the service. Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham,
Prime Minister; Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett, The Hon. John Delaney,
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs and Court of Appeal President
Anita Allen were among those in attendance.
Archbishop Pinder said
the day is to set aside and invoke the guidance and grace of the Holy
Spirit on members of the legal profession in recognition of the role
they play in ensuring order in the community.
In his message Archbishop
Pinder said the primary agents of law enforcers are not the police or
the courts, but the ordinary citizens in their civil demeanor.
He said it is important
to realize that the abandonment of civility initiates the lack of respect
for law and order, breaches respect for neighbors and leads to blatant
criminality.
Civility, he said, speaks
to one’s respect for individual differences, boundaries and protecting
the rights of others.
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