St. Bonaventure to have appreciation Mass for retiring principal

St. Bonaventure School will be honoring its principal, who is retiring after more than 40 years as an educator and administrator of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Orange.

Sister Carmel Lynch, first appointed as principal of St. Bonaventure in 1966, guided the school to the National Blue Ribbon Award in 2006.

The community is invited to attend a Mass of thanksgiving to be offered for Lynch at 5 p.m. Sunday at St. Bonaventure Church, 16400 Springdale St., Huntington Beach. For questions, call Lynn at (714) 846-3359, x478.

— Jennifer Frehn