A grandmother’s memories of City House and Barat Hall

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1. I went to Barat Hall for Kindergarten through half of fourth grade, in early to mid 1960’s. Mother Johnson was in charge of the boys and Mr. Kunz was the principal both were strict but very caring. Mother Johnson was not only greatly respected, but very loved. Unfortunately I did not appreciate how wonderful Barat Hall was. Shame on Cardinal Ritter and the Diocese for closing City House/Barat Hall and tearing it down against many peoples’ complaints.

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   1. Hi George, I saw your comment on “A grandmother’s memories of City House and Barat Hall”. My father and his older sisters went to Barat Hall & City House. DOB, Mary 1918, Betty 1919, Martha 1921 and my dad Henry 1924. I was an army brat, I went to ten schools in thirteen years, two for sixth grade. Why I was writing, I am looking for pictures of Barat Hall & City House. I’ve been looking for twenty years and can’t find any images online. I even went to The Sisters of the Sacred Heart office in St Louis and they didn’t have any for me. The man that wrote the book about ‘Schools of St Louis’ didn’t show an image either. If you or any of your friends have any photos, I hope you can share them with me. I see th post is eight years old but I wanted to check with you. Thanks, Mike

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2. Nicki,
   I so enjoyed your posts about City House … I made my First Communion there, all by myself at the nun’s Mass
   at 6:00 AM one Saturday. Small white prie dieu at the altar. Very very sleepy. I distinctly remember thinking
   that if I closed my eyes and took a little nap, they’d think I was praying. You know the rest … boom. Sound asleep,
   fell off the prie dieu, lots of attention, cocoa in the sacristy.
   Happy Easter.
   Patty

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