Saint Joachim Catholic Church leaders celebrated Friday the transition of an on-site house into a school learning center named for Sr. Kathleen Marie Pughe, who died in an accident in 2022 at 89.
Leaders of Costa Mesa's Saint Joachim Catholic Church sought to upgrade the aging facilities at a cost of $600K before the COVID-19 pandemic. When they returned in 2022 and rebid the project, it cost $1.2M.